Editing Culture of Sydney (section)

=== Music ===
[[File:City Recital Hall, Sydney.jpg|upright|thumb|[[City Recital Hall]], Angel Place]]
''<nowiki/>'O! Sydney I Love You''' was the winner of a song writing competition organized by ''[[The Sun (Australia)|The Sun]]'' newspaper. Emily Harris studio dance recorded the song in 1927.<ref name="nfsa">National Film and Sound Archive: [https://nfsa.gov.au/collection/sound/sounds-australia/songs-about-towns-and-places/#sydney Does your town have its own song?]</ref> ''Sydney'' was recorded by Maurice Chenoweth around the same time.<ref name="nfsa"/> ''My City of Sydney'' was performed by [[Tommy Leonetti]] on Channel 9 during the 1970s as the station shut down for the evening.<ref>{{Cite web|title = The days when Tommy Leonetti sang Sydney to sleep… {{!}} Cultured Views Cultured Views|url = https://www.culturedviews.com/the-days-when-tommy-leonetti-sang-sydney-to-sleep/2008/10/19/view.htm|website = www.culturedviews.com|access-date = 18 January 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170415013544/https://www.culturedviews.com/the-days-when-tommy-leonetti-sang-sydney-to-sleep/2008/10/19/view.htm|archive-date = 15 April 2017|url-status = dead}}</ref>

The [[Sydney Symphony]] is internationally renowned and regularly performs in the Concert Hall (2,600 seats) of the [[Sydney Opera House]] under Chief Conductor [[Vladimir Ashkenazy]] (until 2013) and, as of 2014, [[David Robertson (conductor)|David Robertson]]. [[City Recital Hall]] is dedicated mainly to chamber music and chamber orchestra concerts, featuring many famous international artists as well as concert series by local groups such as the [[Australian Chamber Orchestra]] and Sydney's foremost Baroque orchestra, the [[Australian Brandenburg Orchestra]].

[[Opera Australia]], as at 2015 the world's third-busiest opera company,<ref>{{Cite web|title = Bachtrack: Opera Australia is world's 3rd busiest company|url = https://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/backtrack-reveals-2015-classical-music-rankings|website = www.limelightmagazine.com.au|access-date = 18 January 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160117194102/https://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/backtrack-reveals-2015-classical-music-rankings|archive-date = 17 January 2016|url-status = dead}}</ref> has its headquarters in Sydney and performs a busy program of mainly classical and occasionally contemporary operas at the Opera Theatre of the Sydney Opera House.

New experimental and avant-garde music is performed by [[Ensemble Offspring]], Halcyon, The Noise and others, at the recently refurbished [[Carriageworks]] and many small inner-city cafes, warehouses, theatres etc. [[Liquid Architecture]], [[What Is Music]] and [[The NOW now]] are annual festivals and ongoing series of contemporary music and [[sound art]].

Jazz and alternative music (such as Sydney-based [[The Necks]]) are played at The Basement and Jazz at 72, and formerly at the now defunct Harbourside Brasserie. The Sound Lounge (SIMA), Jazzgroove, 505<ref>''The Guardian'', 19th march 2022: "Farewell to 505, curtains close on one of Australia's most important [https://theguardian.com/music/2022/mar/20/farewell-to-505-curtains-close-on-one-of-australias-most-important-jazz-clubs]</ref> and Red Rattler host regular jazz and alternative music events.

Many well-known Australian [[rock music|rock]] bands and solo artists began their careers in Sydney. Various Sydney inductees into the [[ARIA Hall of Fame]] include [[Johnny O'Keefe]], [[Col Joye]] (& The Joy Boys), [[Billy Thorpe]] (the original Aztecs formed in Sydney), [[The Easybeats]], [[Sherbet (band)|Sherbet]], [[Richard Clapton]], [[John Paul Young]], [[AC/DC]], [[Radio Birdman]], [[Midnight Oil]], [[Rose Tattoo]], [[Mental As Anything]], [[INXS]], [[Icehouse (band)|Icehouse]] and [[Divinyls]].

Other notable acts include early rockers [[Lonnie Lee]] & the Leemen, [[Dig Richards]] & The R'Jays and [[Johnny Rebb]] & The Rebels, surf group [[The Atlantics]], beat groups [[Ray Brown & The Whispers]], [[The Missing Links (band)|The Missing Links]] and [[The Throb]]. The 1970s saw "progressive" acts like [[Tamam Shud]], [[Tully (band)|Tully]] and [[Blackfeather]] emerge, followed by glam groups [[Hush (band)|Hush]] & [[Ted Mulry Gang]].

Sydney is famous for its alternative rock scene, with such names as [[The Celibate Rifles]], [[indie rock]]ers [[The Clouds (Australian band)|The Clouds]], [[The Vines (band)|The Vines]], [[Longreef]] and [[The Crystal Set]], to [[electronic music]] pioneers [[Severed Heads]], [[Single Gun Theory]], [[The Lab (band)|The Lab]], [[Itch-E and Scratch-E]] and local favourites [[Sneaky Sound System]]. Sydney is the original home of the now national alternative rock festival the [[Big Day Out]], which began in Sydney in 1992 featuring local bands such as [[You Am I]] and [[The Clouds (Australian band)|The Clouds]] and international groups like [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]].

Other notable bands from the Sydney music scene are [[Angelspit]], [[Wolfmother]], [[Thy Art Is Murder]], and [[5 Seconds of Summer]].

Sydney has a prominent indie or lo-fi scene which features many rising, internationally touring bands such as Royal Headache, Circle Pit, Electric Flu and Raw Prawn. While not as widespread as Melbourne's 'scene', Sydney tends to have a mass of tight-knit groups of bands that will tour together, most of which are on the same record label(s).

[[File:Sydney Opera House - Inside 2.jpg|600px|center|thumb|The interior of the Concert Hall at the [[Sydney Opera House]]]]