Jeffrey Tate

Sir Jeffrey Philip Tate (28 April 1943 – 2 June 2017) was an English conductor of classical music. Tate was born with spina bifida and had an associated spinal curvature. After studying medicine at the University of Cambridge and beginning a medical career in London, he switched to music and worked under Georg Solti at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, before making his conducting debut in 1979 at the Metropolitan Opera, New York. He held conducting appointments with the English Chamber Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, among others, and was the first person to be appointed principal conductor of the Royal Opera House. He was knighted for his services to music in 2017.

Bach: Violin Concertos & Concerto for Violin and Oboe - 2022-09-09T00:00:00.000000Z

Beethoven: Violin Concerto & Romances - 2022-05-13T00:00:00.000000Z

Beethoven: Sinfonie No. 7 / Die Weihe des Hauses - 2021-08-06T00:00:00.000000Z

Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto in Mi Minore, Op. 64 - Sinfonia No. 3 in La Minore, Op. 56 Scozzese - 2019-02-08T00:00:00.000000Z

Liebermann: La Forêt - 2014-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

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