12 | Tuesday, June 30, 2020 CHINA DAILY
What they say
We expect music for the Games to demonst rate the Olympic spirit and the cultures and values of Chinese people. The enthusiasm and hospitality of the host city Hangzhou should be embodied in the musical works with an international stance. Music and sports are intertwined. Both of them can generate power and warm hearts. Wang Leehom, global champion of the Call for Musical Works for the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2022
Representatives from the Hangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee and songwriters attend the launch ceremony of the Global Call for Musical Works for the 19th Asian I hope Games Hangzhou 2022. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY people who love music Call out to composers made for Games will actively Organizers in the hunt class competition. The musical sound sions, they finally approved the plan of such is the magic of music.” plete songs with lyrics and music, or echo the call. for talented, inspiring track to the Games is expected to be solicitation, which is divided into three Meng Ke, a famous producer who can be pure music or just lines of Sometimes we write worldclass too. phases, and hope the campaign will has been part of the composition words, according to the official songs to express our sports songwriters On June 23, International Olympic help collect great musical pieces over teams for several major sports events notice. Day, a global celebration of the found the next two years. in China, including the opening and Four famous Chinese singers and own feelings, and ing of the modern Olympic Movement “Musical works are indispensable closing ceremonies of the Beijing composers, Wang Leehom, Li Rong other times we By YUAN SHENGGAO in Paris on June 23, 1894, the for almost all occasions in sporting Olympic Games and the Hangzhou hao, Hu Yanbin and Li Quan, have compose to help Hangzhou Asian Games Organizing events, such as the torch relay and the Time show at the closing ceremony of been invited to promote the cam The 19th Asian Games Hangzhou Committee initiated a campaign to opening and closing ceremonies, and the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta, Indo paign. others express their 2022 will be held from Sept 10 to 25, solicit musical works, calling on peo will be unique heritage left by the nesia, said the music for Olympic The first phase of submissions, feelings. If people can 2022 in Hangzhou, capital of East ple from around the world to compose Games,” the official said. events should reflect the Olympic spir open to all people, will last until Nov get a better China’s Zhejiang province. China music for the sports event. “We hope the music for the it, as well as the perseverance and 30. A second phase of the campaign, Daily is teaming up with the organiz The call, set to last two years, will be Hangzhou Asian Games, from across toughness of athletes. targeting professional composers, understanding of ing committee of the Games to spot open to both ordinary people who love the globe and with different styles, to “Moreover, the music should help lyricists and musicians, will follow. A Hangzhou Asian light the preparation for and facts and support the Games, and profes be classic and able to be spread present a nation’s pride, selfconfi panel commission will be set up to about the Hangzhou Asian Games. sional musicians, according to the through the ages,” Chen noted. dence and unity,” he noted. choose the best songs, lyrics and Games through our organizing committee. Besides being a stage for sports For the eightminute Hangzhou pure musical works from all submis music and lyrics, that According to the committee’s expec competitions, the Games offers a feast Time show in September 2019 in Jak sions and decide on a theme song in would be quite usic plays an irreplacea tations, the musical works for the of Asian cultures. arta, the musician largely applied the the final round. ble part in gathering Games should be artistic and creative, The theme song, the promotional cultural features of Jiangnan, a region Professor Xu from Shanghai, who exciting. momentum in all mass and should be heard and shared by a song and the background music for south of the Yangtze River Delta, in the is also a national awardwinning Li Ronghao, initiator of events, according to Xu worldwide audience. the opening and closing ceremonies, music production. composer, said of his expectations, NetEase Cloud Music Divi MJianqiang, a professor at the Shang “Sports represent the pursuit of embodied with distinctive cultures Meng said he believes that music is the lyrics for the Games’ songs have sion and referrer of the Call hai Conservatory of Music. breakthroughs in physical strength and values of the host country and the alive and full of vitality, and is rooted to be short and the melody simple for Musical Works for the A good song can have a longtime while music stands for the outburst of host city, along with the Asian Games in the cultural essence of China. and straightforward, so that people 19th Asian Games impact. “The song, even if played dec passion from inside the heart,” said spirit, are imprinted in the Games’ his Through music, Chinese stories can can easily pick it up and sing along. Hangzhou 2022 ades after, can still bring back memo Chen Weiqiang, deputy secretarygen tory. Music is a most powerful weapon be heard by the world, he said. “I myself very much want to par ries of an event, the year and the city eral of the Games’ organizing commit in creating a great ambience for the HAGOC also announced it is join ticipate. I believe we will need musi where it took place,” the renowned tee and vicemayor of Hangzhou, grand opening and closing ceremo ing hands with Zhejiang Television, cal elements from the Yangtze River There are composer told China Daily over the noting that the combination of sports nies of sports events, according to pro the Zhejiang Conservatory of Music, Delta, maybe a touch of folk opera phone. and music makes the most beautiful fessor Xu. NetEase Cloud Music and the video Yueju, and the music has to be mod many The 19th Asian Games Hangzhou language. Chen said the call for musi “Music is universal and shared by all platform Douyin in its call for musi ern and international too,” said the talented 2022, the preparations for which are cal works is an important part of the human beings. It can break down the cal works via different channels, musician, adding “I’d like my com now in full swing, is not just about the preparations for the Games and after barrier of culture, nationality or lan both online and offline. positions to be sung and heard after young continent’s top athletes and world rounds of considerations and discus guage, and speak with rich emotion, Submissions can be either com my demise if I’m given the chance.” people on Douyin. Music is a kind of language that can Music brings back memories of iconic sporting events help express the emotions that pure By YUAN SHENGGAO words can’t. I hope Ways to submit people can fully utilize Music and sports are natural com musical works plements to one another, just as a their imaginations and piece of cheese is to a glass of good 1. Offline channels seize the opportunity to wine. For an international sports *Headquarters Division (open to create musical works event, its organizers always strive to all submissions) mix music and sports to get the best Recipient: Headquarters Division with different styles. out of the two sides, inspiring both of the Call for Musical Works for Let’s do it together! music and sports fans from around Hangzhou Asian Games the world. Address: No 111, Moganshan Hu Yanbin, initiator of Douyin Everyone knows the classic foot Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Division, Call for Musical stomping and handclapping province Works for the 19th Asian Queen chant We Will Rock You at A musical performance is on stage during the Hangzhou Asian *Collegiate Division (open to sub Games Hangzhou 2022 NBA games, the World Cup anthem Games Organizing Committee’s campaign to solicit musical works missions from arts institutions) La Copa De La Vida from 1998, and for the sports event. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY Music is able to Recipient: Collegiate Division of “College the soothing theme song You and the Call for Musical Works for Me from the Bird’s Nest in Beijing present without Hangzhou Asian Games students 12 years ago. France, is one of the most popular song are still reminiscent of the spoken words, the Address: Room 601, Administra are Almost all sports events around World Cup anthems of all time. soccer players’ unyielding pursuit tion Building of Zhejiang Conserv experien the world have their own music, Ricky Martin, a Puerto Rican of victory and the excitement and strength, inspiration atory of Music, No 1 Zheyin Road, inspiring or comforting, to rev up singer who won great fame due to surprise of fierce competition. and impetus of the Xihu district, Hangzhou, Zhejiang cing the the crowd and inspire the athletes. the song, hailed it as “a unique Asian Mighty Winds, a promo province prime of Seemingly belonging to two dif opportunity to introduce the tional song for the 11th Asian athletes, and share Please write on the envelope: their lives in music ferent worlds, sports and music charms of Latin music to the rest Games in Beijing which showcased that with everyone.” “Call for Musical Works for can actually meet in unexpected of the world”, when deciding to the hardworking and unyielding Hangzhou Asian Games”. creation. There are ways, according to Xu Jianqiang, a accept the invitation from FIFA to spirit of the Asian people as well as Xu Jianqiang, a professor at the so many arts professor at the Shanghai Conserv create the theme song of the soc their friendship in catchy lyrics Shanghai Conservatory of Music 2. Online channels atory of Music. cer tournament. and vigorous rhythms, is another Find more information on Douyin institutions in China “Music is played around the “I have to admit that the chal good example of music’s inspiring Mighty Winds.” Chen Weiya, a and NetEase Cloud Music and I really look globe at all large gatherings of peo lenge made me a bit nervous, but role. famous Chinese director who was Deadline for submissions: forward to some ple, especially sports events,” Xu the massive growth potential for Performed by Chinese pop sing in charge of the opening and clos Nov 30, 2020 noted. “There is an inherent con my career was such that I decided ers Liu Huan and Wei Wei, the ing ceremonies of Guangzhou excellent musical nection between music and sport. to accept,” Martin wrote about the song is still appealing today with a Asian Games in 2010, said though works produced by Music is able to present without call in his official biography Me. farreaching influence on people Asian Mighty Winds was not the young people. spoken words, the strength, inspi The song became an instant hit living on the continent. theme song of Beijing Asian Scan ration and impetus of the athletes, worldwide, topping music charts “Every event needs its own Games, it is the most unforgettable the code to Li Quan, initiator of Colle and share that with everyone.” in more than 60 countries at that theme song,” Xu said. “Today when musical work related to the quad learn more giate Division, Call for Musi La Copa de la Vida, or The Cup of time and has been closely inter we look back we will find some rennial continental sports event about the cal Works for the 19th Asian Life in English, the official song of twined with soccer ever since. folk music flavor from Northwest for Chinese people, even after so Games! 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