Bassel Saleh is a Syrian orchestra conductor, composer, singer, and oud player.

He is the founder of the "London Arabic Orchestra", the conductor of the "Syrian Musicians Orchestra," and a member of the "Ivors Academy" in the United Kingdom.

He held the position of Professor of Oriental Singing at the Higher Institute of Music , and led the orchestra of the Academy of Arab Arts and Heritage in the United Kingdom. He also led many concerts, including a concert that brought together the Syrian Musicians Orchestra and the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra with the artist Damon Albarn in 2018.

He trained the choir and solo singing at the Damascus Opera House, the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music, the Marseille Opera House, and the Nice Opera House.

Bassel has collaborated with artists such as Susheela Raman and Sam Mills, and has participated in projects including: New and Old Eastern Christian Music at the Barbican Centre in the United Kingdom in 2017.

Among his compositions are: “You Stole My Heart” and “From Barada to the River Thames.”

He holds a master’s degree in music education from “ Damascus University ”, and he also studied the qanun instrument and classical singing at the “Higher Institute of Music”.