Geoffrey Paterson

Recent symphonic highlights have included appearances with the Philharmonia Orchestra, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Aurora Orchestra, Orchestre National de Lille, National Orchestra of Belgium, Basel Sinfonietta, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Scottish Chamber Orchestra.

Last season Paterson returned to the Royal Danish Opera for productions of Die Fledermaus and Prokofiev’s Cinderella, and to the Bayerische Staatsoper for a Max Richter/Saariaho programme, following his debut in 2017 with Menotti’s The Consul. He also premiered a new production of Dusapin’s Passion at the Southbank Centre. He has previously conducted La bohème for Opera North, Die Entführung aus dem Serail for Glyndebourne on Tour, and HK Gruber’s Gloria von Jaxtberg at the Bregenz Festival and for the Royal Opera, where he was a Jette Parker Young Artist Programme. Also at Covent Garden he has conducted Massenet’s Le Portrait de Manon (recorded for Opera Rara), Julian Philips’ How the Whale Became, Søren Nils Eichberg’s Glare, and the world premiere of Birtwistle’s chamber opera double-bill The Corridor and The Cure, which he then took to the Aldeburgh Festival and Holland Festival. In 2018 he conducted the world premiere of Tansy Davies’ Cave with the London Sinfonietta, Mark Padmore and Elaine Mitchener.

Geoffrey Paterson studied at Cambridge University where he also took composition lessons with Alexander Goehr followed by studies at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Having won both First Prize and the Audience Prize at the 2009 Leeds Conductors Competition, Paterson went on to participate in the Luzern Festival conducting masterclasses with Pierre Boulez. During his time on the Royal Opera House Young Artist Programme he assisted conductors including Antonio Pappano, Mark Elder, Andris Nelsons and Daniele Gatti on an extensive repertoire. For two seasons he worked in Bayreuth as musical assistant to Kirill Petrenko for Der Ring des Nibelungen.

2019/20 season / 433 words. Not to be reproduced without permission