Geoffrey Paterson

Geoffrey Paterson
Paterson at the 2018 Kongsberg Jazzfestival
Born (1983-07-14) 14 July 1983 (age 41)
Yorkshire, England
Alma materSt John's College, Cambridge
Occupation(s)Conductor of classical music
(active 1998–present)
Websitegeoffreypaterson.co.uk

Geoffrey Paterson (born 14 July 1983) is a British conductor.

Early career

Born in Yorkshire, England, Geoffrey Paterson began conducting at the age of 15, while a pupil at The Judd School in Tonbridge.[1] He soon began organising concerts, both near his family home in Kent and later as an undergraduate at St John's College, Cambridge[1] where he studied composition with Alexander Goehr. He took a master's degree at the RSAMD and participated in masterclasses with Pierre Boulez at the Lucerne Festival Academy before training as a repetiteur at the National Opera Studio.[2] At the age of 25 he won both First Prize and the Audience Prize at the Ninth Leeds Conductors Competition.[3][4]

Conducting

He was a Jette Parker Young Artist at the Royal Opera House, where he assisted Antonio Pappano, Mark Elder, Andris Nelsons and Daniele Gatti, and has frequently returned to Covent Garden to conduct.[5] 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,[6] the Royal Danish Opera,[7] the Bavarian State Opera,[8] Oper Frankfurt, Dutch National Opera and English National Opera.[9]

He has conducted orchestras in the UK and abroad including the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the Philharmonia,[10] Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Copenhagen Phil, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre national de Lille, Hamburg Symphony Orchestra[8] and Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra.[11]

In addition to his work at Bayreuth, he has appeared at other festivals including the Holland Festival, Aldeburgh Festival[12] and Bregenz Festival,[13] Bergen International Festival and Edinburgh Festival.

He is a noted exponent of contemporary music, working frequently with the London Sinfonietta[14] including performances at the BBC Proms,[15] and with Birmingham Contemporary Music Group,[16] Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Ensemble 10:10, Bergen Philharmonic BIT20 Ensemble, Red Note Ensemble and Nash Ensemble as well as recording for NMC,[17] Delphian Records, Resonus Classics, Berlin Classics, Neu Records and ACT.

Since 2015 he has worked extensively with jazz saxophonist Marius Neset on numerous concert and recording projects.

Recordings

References

  1. ^ a b "In Conversation: Geoffrey Paterson". London Sinfonietta. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Geoffrey Paterson repetiteur". National Opera Studio. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011.
  3. ^ "Maestro picks up the baton for new generation of conducters". The Yorkshire Post. 6 July 2009. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Results – The final". The Ninth Leeds Conductors Competition. Leeds City Council. Archived from the original on 9 July 2009.
  5. ^ "Geoffrey Paterson: Conductor". Royal Opera House. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  6. ^ Rogers, Curtis. "Glyndebourne Tour 2015 – David McVicar's production of Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail at Milton Keynes – conducted by Geoffrey Paterson". Review. Classical Source. Archived from the original on 13 October 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  7. ^ Edén, Matti (29 March 2014). "Gershwin, tro och sex – Catfish Row gnistrar". Kvällsposten (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  8. ^ a b "Geoffrey Paterson - Bayerische Staatsoper". www.staatsoper.de (in German). Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Geoffrey Paterson". English National Opera. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  10. ^ "Philharmonia Orchestra & Geoffrey Paterson". HIGHRESAUDIO. Retrieved 19 May 2020.[permanent dead link‍]
  11. ^ "The 514th Subscription Concert | Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra – Official Web Site". Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra – Official Web Site | Mainly in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, professional orchestra to represent the Tokai region, the Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra official site. Such as the introduction of the orchestra and, concert schedules and ticket assistance. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  12. ^ "Past performances – Colin Matthews: Composer". Colin Matthews. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  13. ^ https://www.chandos.net/chanimages/Booklets/NM0239.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  14. ^ "Geoffrey Paterson: Emerging artist – Conductor". London Sinfonietta. Archived from the original on 13 October 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  15. ^ "BBC Proms". BBC Music Events. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  16. ^ "Piano Concerto No. 4". Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  17. ^ "Ben Foskett: Dinosaur". NMC Recordings. Archived from the original on 13 October 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  18. ^ jazz, ACT Music-In the spirit of. "Viaduct - CD - Viaduct - Marius Neset - Artists - ACT Music - In the spirit of jazz". ACT Music (in German). Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  19. ^ jazz, ACT Music-In the spirit of. "Snowmelt - Snowmelt - Marius Neset - Artists - ACT Music - In the spirit of jazz". ACT Music (in German). Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  20. ^ "Le Portrait de Manon & Les Nuits d'été". Opera Rara. 11 January 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  21. ^ "Neu Records | Guix: Images of Broken Light". Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  22. ^ "Dinosaur | NMC Recordings". www.nmcrec.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  23. ^ "Philharmonia Composers Academy Vol 3 | NMC Recordings". www.nmcrec.co.uk. Archived from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.