Robert Paterson

Robert Paterson (March 10, 1940 – May 12, 1991), concert promoter and impresario, born in Torquay, Devon. His father, Kenneth Paterson, Colonel with the Gurkha regiment. Member of family haulage firm Carter Paterson, sold to The Big Four railway companies, 1934. Early life Robert and his mother moved from Devon to Cape Town, South Africa, because of Robert's severe asthma in 1946 when he was 6. He was educated at Bishop's Diocesan College, Paterson discovered classical music thanks to his mother giving him an album of the classical pianist, Julius Katchen (1926–1969). He met Katchen at Cape Town Concert Club in 1955. Next he moved back to England in 1956 for A Levels at Priory Park School in Bath. Paterson also played Hamlet. He then went to Bristol Old Vic to learn direction and lighting. He played the Cypriot cook in the world premiere of Arnold Wesker's play The Kitchen.