Seiji Ozawa was the first Asian conductor to be appointed as the conductor of the Vienna New Year Concert. During the nearly two-hour concert, Seiji Ozawa's conductor orchestra mainly played 18 pieces of music composed by johann strauss's father and son, including familiar waltzes and polkas such as the opera Bat, The Artist's Life, Tick-tock, Dragonfly and so on. In addition, the concert also played "Dance of the Devil" by Joseph Helmes Berger Jr, the conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra at the beginning of last century.