Editing Simon Rattle (section)

===City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra===
His time with the [[City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra]] (CBSO) from 1980 to 1998 drew him to the attention of critics and the public. In 1980, Rattle became the CBSO's principal conductor and artistic adviser, and in 1990, music director. Rattle increased both his profile and that of the orchestra over his tenure. One of his long-term concert projects was the series of concerts of [[20th-century music]] titled "Towards the Millennium". One other major achievement during his time was the move of the CBSO from its former venue, [[Birmingham Town Hall]], to a newly built concert hall, [[Symphony Hall, Birmingham|Symphony Hall]], in 1991. The BBC commissioned film director [[Jaine Green]] to follow him in his final year with the CBSO to make ''Simon Rattle—Moving On''.

Rattle was appointed a {{postnominals|country=GBR|CBE|size=100%}} in 1987 and made a [[Knight Bachelor]] in 1994. In 1992, Rattle was named a principal guest conductor of the [[Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment]] (OAE), along with [[Frans Brüggen]]. Rattle now has the title of Principal Artist with the OAE. In 2001, he conducted the OAE at [[Glyndebourne Festival Opera|Glyndebourne]] in their first production of ''[[Fidelio]]'' with a [[Historically informed performance|period-instrument orchestra]].<ref>{{cite news|author=[[Peter Conrad (academic)|Peter Conrad]]|title=What's so funny about Beethoven?|url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,479986,00.html|work=[[The Observer]]| date=29 April 2001 | access-date=29 March 2007 | location=London}}</ref>

Rattle strongly supported youth music. He led two attempts at gaining the record for the World's Largest Orchestra, both designed to raise awareness of youth music in schools. The first, in 1996, was unsuccessful. The second, in 1998, did succeed and the record held at nearly 4,000 musicians<ref>{{cite news | title=Children create world's biggest orchestra | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/220543.stm | work=BBC | date=23 November 1998 | access-date=27 March 2010 | archive-date=29 November 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129020422/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/220543.stm | url-status=live }}</ref> until it was broken in 2000 by a group in Vancouver.<ref>{{cite news | title=World's Largest Orchestra | url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/world-s-largest-orchestra-1.200231 | work=CBC News | date=15 May 2000 | access-date=27 March 2010 | archive-date=6 November 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106171824/http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2000/05/15/bc_orchestra000515.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2000, Rattle was presented with the Gold Medal of the [[Royal Philharmonic Society]]. From 29 April to 17 May 2002, he conducted the Vienna Philharmonic orchestra, making live recordings of the complete [[Beethoven symphonies]].<ref>EMI Classics Beethoven Symphonies box set, p. 66 of booklet{{Full citation needed|date=March 2023|reason=Catalogue number?}}</ref> In May 2006, he was made an Honorary Fellow of the [[Society of Arts]]. In 2011, the [[Royal Academy of Music]] presented him with an honorary doctorate. He was appointed member of the [[Order of Merit]] (OM) in the [[2014 New Year Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=60728 |supp=y|page=2|date=31 December 2013}}</ref>

Rattle conducted the [[London Symphony Orchestra]] at the [[2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony|Opening of the London Olympics 2012]], performing "[[Chariots of Fire (instrumental)|Chariots of Fire]]" with guest [[Rowan Atkinson]] playing his [[Mr. Bean]] character.