Maestro Joseph Sammut back in 2023. Photo: Facebook
Joseph Sammut, the composer who founded the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra, has died. Sammut, 97, who was one of the country's leading post-war orchestra conductors, died at Mater Dei hospital on Wednesday.Culture Minister Owen Bonnici said Malta had lost one of its "musical giants"."He was the last conductor of the Orchestra of the Commander in Chief...