Bassam Saba, a notable figure of Arabic music and once a part of Yo Yo Ma’s Silk Road artists and Global Musician Workshop faculty, died from complications due to COVID-19 on Dec. 4. He was ...

A skilled multi-instrumentalist, he co-founded the New York Arabic Orchestra and directed Lebanon’s national conservatory of music. He died of complications of Covid-19. By Kareem Chehayeb This ...

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Lebanon’s Bassam Saba leads a highly regarded 30-member orchestra consisting mostly of non-Middle Easterners steeped in the Arabic musical tradition. Saba, a multi-instrumentalist whose main ...

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