Jeffrey Tate

Tate has been president of UK Spina Bifida charity ASBAH since 1989. He became a repetiteur and a coach at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden under the tutelage of Sir Georg Solti. Tate was born with spina bifida and also has kyphosis.

In 1985 he was appointed the first principal conductor of the English Chamber Orchestra. In 2005 he was appointed music director of the San Carlo Theatre of Naples.