Canadian cellist Tate Zawadiuk is known for charming audiences around the world with his dynamic and zestful musicianship. He is a founding member of the Viano Quartet that is currently in residence at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Bowers Program from 2024-2027. The quartet performs internationally and has visited major cities including New York, London, Berlin, Vancouver, Paris, Beijing,Toronto, Lucerne, and Los Angeles, performing in venues such as Wigmore Hall, Berlin Konzerthaus, Flagey, and Bremen Die Glocke. In 2019, the Viano Quartet won First Prize at the Banff International String Quartet Competition. 

As a soloist, Tate has performed with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, the Vancouver Philharmonic, New Westminster Symphony, Richmond Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra, and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra where he played as a soloist with James Ehnes for their Centennial Celebration Gala Concert. He has collaborated with world renowned artists such as Emanuel Ax, James Ehnes, Marc-André Hamelin, Bramwell Tovey, Inon Barnatan, Clive Greensmith, Scott St. John, Noah Bendix-Balgley, Ida Kavafian, Steven Tenenbom, and Johannes Moser.

Tate studied at the Colburn Conservatory of Music with Ronald Leonard and Clive Greensmith, and with the Dover Quartet at the Curtis Institute of Music as a member of the Nina von Maltzahn String Quartet-in-Residence program. In his spare time, Tate enjoys running, brewing specialty coffee, and spending money on suits.