Geoffrey Paterson
Geoffrey Paterson (born 14 July 1983) is a British conductor. Early career. Born in Kent, England, Geoffrey Paterson began conducting at the age of 15, while a pupil at The Judd School in Tonbridge. He soon began organising concerts, both near his family home in Kent and later as an undergraduate at St John's College, Cambridge. He studied for a master's degree at the RSAMD before pursuing a career as repetiteur and assistant conductor with the National Opera Studio. At the age of 25 he won both First Prize and the Audience Prize at the Ninth  Leeds Conductors Competition. Conducting. He was a Jette Parker Young Artist at the Royal Opera House, where he assisted Antonio Papano, Mark Elder, Andris Nelsons and Daniele Gatti, and has frequently returned to Covent Garden to conduct. In 2013 and 2014 he was a musical assistant to Kirill Petrenko at the Bayreuth Festival, and his operatic conducting has included appearances at Glyndebourne and the Royal Danish Opera. He has conducted the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the Philharmonia, London Sinfonietta, Danish National Symphony Orchestra and BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. In addition to his work at Bayreuth, he has appeared  at other festivals including the Holland Festival, Aldeburgh Festival and Bregenz Festival. He is a noted exponent of contemporary music, working frequently with the London Sinfonietta and Birmingham Contemporary Music Group and recording for NMC.