British conductor Geoffrey Paterson studied at Cambridge University and later at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Highlights of Paterson’s 2022/23 season include his return to the BBC Proms with the London Sinfonietta, and returns to the Danish National, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Philharmonia, Orchestre National de Lille, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and the BBC orchestras, among others. Last season, Paterson debuted with the Frankfurt Opera with Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. He returned to the Dutch National Opera in 2020 to revive Willem Jeth’s Ritratto and in October 2019 he debuted at English National Opera conducting a highly praised new production of Philip Glass’ Orphée. He has previously conducted at the Bayerische Staatsoper, Royal Danish Opera, Opera North and Glyndebourne on Tour. He has assisted Antonio Pappano, Mark Elder, Andris Nelsons and Daniele Gatti on an extensive repertoire under the Royal Opera House Young Artist Programme, and for two seasons assisted Kirill Petrenko in Bayreuth for Der Ring des Nibelungen.