Bassam Saba, a renowned Lebanese ud and ney player, and composer of Arabic music, died in Beirut on December 4, 2020 of COVID-19 complications. Bassam Saba (* 1959 – December 4, 2020 ) was a Lebanese composer , conductor and multi-instrumentalist . In addition to Arabic instruments such as the nay , the oud , the saz and the buzuq , he also played classical flute and violin. Saba studied nay, oud and violin at the Lebanese National Conservatory in Beirut . From 1976 he studied classical western music and flute at the Conservatoire Municipal des Gobelins in Paris. From 1979 to 1985 he obtained his master’s degree in flute and music education at the Moscow Gnessin Institute .