Seán Padraig Doran (born 1960) is an artistic director who was chief executive of the

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from 2003 to 2005. He was educated at

St Columb's College St Columb's College is a Roman Catholic boys' grammar school in Derry, Northern Ireland. Since 2008, it has been a specialist school in mathematics. It is named after Saint Columba, the missionary monk from County Donegal who founded a monast ...

and the

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(BA, Music). After commencing a career as a

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tist and conductor of a music theatre company in London, Doran was appointed to directorships of four international arts festivals, including artistic director of the UK Year of Literature 1995 (Wales), artistic director of the

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(1997 and 1998), and festival director of the

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(2000–2003). In 2003, Doran was appointed artistic director of the

. He resigned in November 2005. In 2002, Doran was awarded the

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by the Australian Government for his directorship of the Perth Festival. In 2001, he became an Australian citizen alongside his Irish citizenship. He is married to the opera singer Ruby Philogene and lives in both London and Perth, Australia.

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