Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Tavener akatanga kuzivikanwa nekantata yake inonzi "The Whale", yakatanga kuratidzwa muna 1968. Ipapo ava namakore 24, akarondedzerwa ne"The Guardian" so"kuwanwa kwemimhanzi kwegore", nepo "The Times" yakati akanga ari "pakati pamatarenda akanakisisa okusika echizvarwa chake". Munguva yebasa rake akava mumwe wevanyori vanozivikanwa zvikuru uye vanozivikanwa vezera rake, kunyanya nokuda kwe "The Protecting Veil", iyo yakanyorwa nemucheri Steven Isserlis yakava album yakatengesa zvikuru, uye "Rwiyo rweAtene" iyo yakaimbwa pa
mariro aMambokadzi Diana. "Gwayana" rakaratidzirwa mufirimu raPaolo Sorrentino "Runako Rukuru". Tavener akagadzwa muna 2000 nokuda kwemabasa ake kumimhanzi uye akakunda Ivor Novello Award. Akapiwa Honorary Fellowship neSarum College muna 2001.