The Sydney Opera House, the world's leading performing arts venue and a landmark building in the city of Sydney, is located at Benilon Point in Sydney, the capital of the Australian state of New South Wales, and was designed by the famous Danish designer Jørn Uzen. The Grand Opera House was officially inaugurated in 1973. The Sydney Opera House hosts approximately 2,400 events each year, including the New York Philharmonic, the German Bina Boshupta Dance Theatre, and the New York Philharmonic. The Tanztheatre Wuppertal Pina Bausch, the Philip Glass Ensemble, and the Sydney Opera House. In 2007, the Sydney Opera House was named a World Heritage Site.