Jeffrey Tate Quotes

Sir Jeffrey Philip Tate was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. He was an English conductor of classical music. He initially read medicine at Christ's College, Cambridge, specializing in eye surgery. He later worked at St Thomas's Hospital in London, before giving up his clinical career to study music at the London Opera Centre. He became a repetiteur and a coach at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, under the tutelage of Sir Georg Solti. He held conducting appointments with the English Chamber Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and Hamburg Symphony Orchestra. He was the first person to be appointed principal conductor of the Royal Opera House. He was knighted for his services to music in 2017.