Welcome the Asian Games and create glory through music. The Hangzhou Asian Games are even more exciting because of music. In order to make Chinese and foreign music fans' meet and listen to the Asian Games in Hangzhou ', we first introduced foreign artists to Hangzhou, and the international music exchange that had been interrupted for three years was finally restored. At the opening ceremony of the 2023 Hangzhou International Music Festival, Yang Yang, the artistic director and chief conductor of the Zhejiang Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra, couldn't help but feel excited and passionately commanded the band to play' Call Heroes', Opening the music time to welcome the Asian Games amidst the enthusiastic cheers of the audience. On the evening of April 11, the Hangzhou Grand Theater Opera House, which is located on the bank of the Qiantang River in Hangzhou New City, was very festive with bright lights. As the opening concert of the Asian Games, the 2023 Hangzhou International Music Festival will be held here. What kind of spark will the collision and fusion of original works, Asian Games songs, traditional sports, fashionable street dance, and modern symphonic music be? Dragon boat racing is a traditional folk sports activity in China and a regular event of the Asian Games. The hall drum is not only a representative of Chinese ethnic percussion music, but also a necessary tool for dragon boat racing. The original "Dragon Boat Race" by the Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra uses music to depict the bustling scene of drum noise and competition among hundreds of boats, highlighting the athletes' spirit of riding the wind and waves and the excitement of the audience; Martial arts and symphony band works creatively showcase martial arts style, highlight the soul of martial arts, and promote the spirit of the Hangzhou Asian Games through a new adaptation of martial arts music in the artistic form of symphony; Breakdancing has become an official competition event for the Hangzhou Asian Games for the first time. The Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra invites breakdancing performers to perform alongside the symphony band, creating an innovative linkage between sports and symphony, bringing both visual and auditory enjoyment to the audience. As the organizer of the Hangzhou International Music Festival, the Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra has organized, planned, and successfully completed all performances and social welfare promotion activities of the festival for 6 consecutive years. It is understood that compared to previous music festivals, this year's music festival has achieved the highest number of 42 performances in 20 days, with 16 domestic and foreign performance groups performing together, including classic symphony, opera, solo concert, ballet film symphony concert, folk music, pop music, and other 10 forms of exquisite programs, presenting a music feast for Hangzhou citizens and domestic and foreign guests. The Hangzhou International Music Festival is a cross-border music exchange and mutual learning relay that combines Chinese and Western elements, showcasing the artistic passion of world harmony, beauty and harmony with diverse melodies. At present, Hangzhou International Music Festival has invited music teams and artists at home and abroad, including the German Berlin Philharmonic Karajan Academy Orchestra, the German Munich Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, the American Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Jazz Orchestra, the British Liverpool Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Stradivarius String Quartet, the China National Opera House, as well as cellist Wang Jian, jazz trumpet player Wendon Massalis and many others. This year, the Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra invited foreign artists to Hangzhou for the first time to participate in the Asian Games. Cello solo concerts by renowned French cellist Gautier Capson and British pianist Jerome Ducross, as well as by the Vigo Symphony Orchestra of Spain, the Rias Bayssas Choir of Spain, and the Bavarian Youth Symphony Orchestra of Germany