Liberatum is an international

International

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 cultural diplomacy

Cultural diplomacy

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 festival organisation founded by Pablo Ganguli

Pablo Ganguli

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 which mainly focuses on promoting modern British

United Kingdom

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 arts

The arts

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, literature

Literature

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 and culture

Culture

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 worldwide.

Liberatum festivals are directed by Pablo Ganguli and they have taken place in Russia

Russia

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, Turkey

Turkey

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, Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea

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, India

India

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, Morocco

Morocco

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 and forthcoming festivals will be held in Petra

Petra

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, Venice

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, Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

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, Buenos Aires

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, Cairo

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 and China

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. Notable figures who have attended and taken part in Liberatum festivals include Peter Donohoe, Stephen Frears

Stephen Frears

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, Sir Norman Rosenthal

Norman Rosenthal

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, Charles Saumarez Smith

Charles Saumarez Smith

Charles Robert Saumarez Smith CBE is a British art historian. He was Director of the National Portrait Gallery from 1994 to 2002. From 2002 to 2007 he was director of the National Gallery and is currently Secretary and Chief Executive of the Royal Academy of Arts...

, Shekhar Kapur

Shekhar Kapur

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, Valery Gergiev

Valery Gergiev

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, Thomas Ades

Thomas Adès

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, William Orbit

William Orbit

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, Gavin Turk

Gavin Turk

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, Martha Fiennes

Martha Fiennes

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, Michael Nyman

Michael Nyman

Michael Laurence Nyman, CBE is an English composer of minimalist music, pianist, librettist and musicologist, known for the many film scores he wrote during his lengthy collaboration with the filmmaker Peter Greenaway, and his multi-platinum soundtrack album to Jane Campion's The Piano...

, Stephen Jones (milliner)

Stephen Jones (milliner)

Stephen Jones OBE is a leading British milliner based in London, who is considered one of the world's most radical and important milliners of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. He is also one of the most prolific, having created hats for the catwalk shows of many leading couturiers and...

, Philip Treacy

Philip Treacy

Philip Treacy OBE is an Irish milliner.Born in Ahascragh,in the West of Ireland, he lived with his parents, seven brothers and sister across the road from the village church...

, Sir VS Naipaul, Zaha Hadid

Zaha Hadid

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, Daphne Guinness

Daphne Guinness

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, Gareth Pugh

Gareth Pugh

Gareth Pugh is an English fashion designer. He currently lives and works in Paris.-Career:At 14, Pugh began working as a costume designer for the English National Youth Theatre. He started his fashion education at City of Sunderland College and finished his degree in Fashion Design at Central...

, Alex James (musician)

Alex James (musician)

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, Annie Lennox

Annie Lennox

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, Clare Short

Clare Short

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, Shabana Azmi

Shabana Azmi

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, Hari Kunzru, Shashi Tharoor

Shashi Tharoor

Shashi Tharoor is an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament from the Thiruvananthapuram constituency in Kerala...

, Hanif Kureishi

Hanif Kureishi

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, Gore Vidal

Gore Vidal

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 and Goldie Hawn

Goldie Hawn

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among many others.