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.

[3][4] 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.

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