Background
Tate, Jeffrey was born on April 28, 1943 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. Son of Cyril Henry T. and Ivy (Evans) Naylor.
Tate, Jeffrey was born on April 28, 1943 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. Son of Cyril Henry T. and Ivy (Evans) Naylor.
Master of Arts, Bachelor of Medicine, Chir., Cambridge University, England. Doctor of Music (honorary), University Leicester, England, 1993.
Joined London Opera Centre 1969. Joined staff of Royal Opera House, Covent Garden 1970. Made; Assistant to Pierre Boulez for the Ring, Bayreuth 1976-1981.
Assistant to Sir John Pritchard, Cologne Opera 1977. Conducted Gothenburg Opera, Sweden 1978-1980. Metropolitan Opera debut 1979.
Covent Garden debut 1982. Chief Guest Conductor, Geneva Opera since 1983. Principal Conductor, English Chamber Orchestra since 1985, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden 1986-1991.
Principal Guest Conductor, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden since 1991. Chief Conductor and Artistic Director (desig.) Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra September since 1991. Appears with major orchestras in Europe and America.
Church-crawling, with gastronomic interludes.