Geoffrey Paterson was born in Kent in 1983. He read Music at St John’s College, Cambridge, studying composition with Alexander Goehr, and subsequently studied as a conductor with Peter Stark in London, Alasdair Mitchell at the RSAMD, Diego Masson in Dartington and Peter Eötvös and Pierre Boulez in Lucerne, before training at the National Opera Studio as a répétiteur. In 2009 he was awarded First Prize at the Ninth Leeds Conductors Competition, where he also won the audience prize. From 2010 he will be a member of the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme at the Royal Opera House.
With the Cambridge University Opera Society, Geoffrey conducted a production of Peter Grimes, and he has worked subsequently as conductor and music staff for Edinburgh Studio Opera, Kentish Opera, Edinburgh International Festival, British Youth Opera, The Royal Opera and Glyndebourne Festival Opera. In 2010 he made his début at Opera North conducting performances of La bohème.
As an orchestral conductor, Geoffrey has appeared at the Aldeburgh and Cheltenham Festivals. In workshops and competitions he has conducted the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra of Opera North and the Hallé; he has also worked as musical assistant on film music projects and recordings with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra and at the Komische Oper Berlin. Forthcoming conducting débuts include the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Manchester Camerata.
Geoffrey's repertoire includes works by Berio, Birtwistle, Boulez, Ligeti, Lutosławski and Stockhausen, and he has conducted numerous world premières by composers including Brian Elias, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies and Sir John Tavener. In 2010 he founded the Theseus Ensemble, specialising in repertoire of the late 20th and 21st Centuries.
With the Cambridge University Opera Society, Geoffrey conducted a production of Peter Grimes, and he has worked subsequently as conductor and music staff for Edinburgh Studio Opera, Kentish Opera, Edinburgh International Festival, British Youth Opera, The Royal Opera and Glyndebourne Festival Opera. In 2010 he made his début at Opera North conducting performances of La bohème.
As an orchestral conductor, Geoffrey has appeared at the Aldeburgh and Cheltenham Festivals. In workshops and competitions he has conducted the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra of Opera North and the Hallé; he has also worked as musical assistant on film music projects and recordings with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra and at the Komische Oper Berlin. Forthcoming conducting débuts include the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Manchester Camerata.
Geoffrey's repertoire includes works by Berio, Birtwistle, Boulez, Ligeti, Lutosławski and Stockhausen, and he has conducted numerous world premières by composers including Brian Elias, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies and Sir John Tavener. In 2010 he founded the Theseus Ensemble, specialising in repertoire of the late 20th and 21st Centuries.