Jeffrey Tate, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jeffrey Tate

British conductor

Date of Birth: 28-Apr-1943

Place of Birth: Salisbury, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 02-Jun-2017

Profession: conductor

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

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.