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Jeffrey Tate

1943 - 2017

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jeffrey Tate is the 116th most popular conductor (down from 72nd in 2019), the 4,801st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,630th in 2019) and the 12th most popular British Conductor.

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Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Jeffrey Tate ranks 116 out of 128. Before him are Nikolai Golovanov, Jaap van Zweden, Daniel Harding, Okko Kamu, Martin Turnovský, and Osmo Vänskä. After him are Malcolm Sargent, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Raymond Leppard, John Pritchard, Eleazar de Carvalho, and Robert Craft.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Jeffrey Tate ranks 593. Before him are Martha Rosler, René-Pierre Quentin, Johnny Höglin, Veronica Hamel, Erwin Huber, and Donald Kalpokas. After him are Van Dyke Parks, Don Stroud, Catherine E. Coulson, Mariann Fischer Boel, Daniel Brandenstein, and Luis Regueiro. Among people deceased in 2017, Jeffrey Tate ranks 492. Before him are Walter Lassally, John Kundla, Nikos Koundouros, Dudley Storey, Jan Szczepański, and Luis Garisto. After him are Henri Emmanuelli, Michael Novak, R. C. Sproul, Karel Schoeman, Horacio Guarany, and Ahmed Kathrada.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jeffrey Tate ranks 4,802 out of 8,785. Before him are Sebastian Cabot (1918), Benjamin White (1997), Billy Bingham (1931), Alan Sugar (1947), John Hopkinson (1849), and John Clare (1793). After him are Denis Lawson (1947), Jill Ellis (1966), Jonathan Penrose (1933), Eric Thompson (1919), Aneurin Bevan (1897), and Reggie Pridmore (1886).

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Among CONDUCTORS In United Kingdom

Among conductors born in United Kingdom, Jeffrey Tate ranks 12. Before him are Thomas Beecham (1879), Eugene Aynsley Goossens (1893), Adrian Boult (1889), Henry Wood (1869), Antonio Pappano (1959), and Daniel Harding (1975). After him are Malcolm Sargent (1895), Raymond Leppard (1927), John Pritchard (1921), and Andrew Parrott (1947).

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