On the grounds of prestigious musical organizations that come and go, New York has the edge. Jeffrey Tate Read Quote
I frequently find after a rehearsal of a performance that I have more breath, and can walk better and climb stairs better than I could before. It’s as if I’ve expanded my lungs doing it. Basically speaking, conducting is quite a healthy profession. Jeffrey Tate Read Quote
People still call me the eternal amateur. After all, professionals are supposed to be able to conduct everything. But I can’t unless I feel some connection inside. Conducting is not an end in itself for me. Jeffrey Tate Read Quote
I guess, as a conductor, one goes in and out of fashion. Your career starts with a bang, everyone thinks you’re wonderful, and then with middle age, something happens and you go into the wilderness. Jeffrey Tate Read Quote
In Hamburg, there are three major orchestras, an opera house, and one of the great concert-hall acoustics in Europe at the Laeiszhalle, in a town a fifth the size of London. And that’s not unusual. In Germany, there are dozens of towns with two or three orchestras. The connection with music goes very, very deep. Jeffrey Tate Read Quote
Concert-going has become much less the thing to do, while people are still going to opera. This might be a harsh judgment, but it could easily happen that orchestras could slowly atrophy. Jeffrey Tate Read Quote
I was told when I went for a life-insurance exam when I was 18 that I was not likely to live past 50, so I refused to pay the premium. Jeffrey Tate Read Quote