Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Tavener ya fara zama sananne tare da cantata "The Whale", wanda aka fara a 1968. Sa'an nan yana da shekaru 24, "The Guardian" ya bayyana shi a matsayin "binciken kiɗa na shekara", yayin da "The Times" ya ce yana "cikin mafi kyawun baiwa na tsara". A lokacin da yake aiki ya zama daya daga cikin sanannun sanannun mashahuran zamani, musamman ga "The Protecting Veil", wanda kamar yadda mai rikodin cellist Steven Isserlis ya zama kundin da aka fi sayar da shi, da kuma "Song for Athene" wanda aka rera a jana'izar Princess Diana
Ka yi haƙuri. "Lambar" ta bayyana a cikin sauti don fim din Paolo Sorrentino "Babban Kyau". Tavener an ba shi daraja a 2000 don hidimarsa ga kiɗa kuma ya sami lambar yabo ta Ivor Novello. An ba shi lambar yabo ta girmamawa ta Kwalejin Sarum a 2001.