Geoffrey Paterson

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, he 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. He has conducted orchestras including the Danish National, Hamburg Symphony, Aarhus Symphony, Nagoya Philharmonic and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, among others.  

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