Husain was born in Syria, from a well known family of musicians. His father gave him his first lesson in music at the age of six.

Husain joined the Arabic institute of music located at Halab (a major city in Syria) and was sponsored by the late musician Mr. Nadeen Ali al Darweesh.

After that he continued his music journey and was taught by Mr. Mohammed Abdul Kareem (the Prince of Bouzouki), and a fine selection of Turk musicians.

Mr. Munir Bashir (the famous Iraqi OUD Player) had opened a new and a wide horizon in playing techniques, which pushed Sabsaby forward and put him among the finest OUD players in our modern time.

Mr. Sabsaby have a wide range in playing techniques such as double, triple, quadruple and the fifth. He established several traditional and modern music bands such as "the OUD and Guitar duets, the OUD and OUD duets" he was also involved in establishing the five member band for Arabic music, were he was and still one of its members, in addition to his post as the band music director.

One of the major contributions of this band was the performance at the "The Glitter of the Amaween in Cordoba / Spain" which was attended by the Syrian President Dr. Bashar Al- Assad and his majesty King Juan Carlos of Spain.

Hussain Sabsaby perfomed solo on several Arabic and international theaters. He has lots of records, and considered one of the most experienced OUD players in Syria.

He is a member of several local and international music communities, and was one of the arbitrators in the Arabic OUD community of traditional music (a subsidiary organization of the Arab League).

Notably, he participated in:

• 3rd and 4th international gathering for OUD in Tatwan / Morocco
• "Alam And Aalam" music festival to honor the famous Morocco OUD player Mr. Saaeed Al- Sharabee
• Arabic Music conference in Cairo / Egypt as a member and a researcher
• International OUD gathering in Jarash Festival, Jordan.