| Larisa Belovets
| October 9, 2024
At the award ceremony for special services to the development of Strauss's music, many celebrities attended three-quarters of the time at the Marchfelderhof. In addition to waltz sounds, the chef also came up with unusual culinary compositions.
That would be exactly 199 years Johann Strauss (son) This year, we will celebrate big and round in 2025. In honor of the composer, who to this day enjoys international recognition as the “King of the Waltz,” a commemorative year has been announced starting next January. However, the first warm-up has already taken place: many celebrities gathered on Tuesday evening MarshfelderhofTo honor the traditional award for Golden Johann Strauss To attend. This is from Johann Strauss Society Vienna It is regularly awarded to figures who have made special contributions to the development of the composer's music, as in previous years Zubin Mehta, Otto Schenk, Riccardo Muti, Eliet von Karajan, Renate Holm and Heinz Zednik. This year the honor was given to the Austrian “Beneim Pope”. Thomas Schaefer Almayer For the part.
Representative of local dance art
The award has been presented before Peter Wiedholtzfounder and president of the Johann Strauss Society in Vienna, who explained in his award speech why Schäfer-Elmayer in particular deserved the award: “Johann Strauss and the waltz are inextricably linked. The waltz is an important cultural asset of Austria that should be surpassed. Austrian dance schools are of great importance, the most famous and well-known of which is the Thomas School Schäfer-Elmayer Dance Hall, which has been representing the Austrian dance art for decades and has performed this dance at home and abroad and thus rendered a great service to our country and this music.”
Cooking sounds
Congratulations were received from hundreds of friends and comrades who attended the awards ceremony at the traditional inn in Deutsch Wagram, Lower Austria. For example, former federal ministers have enjoyed it Werner Vassalband With the wife Martina, Othmar Karas With the wife Christa Karas Waldheim A former board member of the Philharmonic Werner Ressel With the wife Margaret The evening is under the three-quarter time mark including the chef's five-course menu Christian Langer served. While anti-gifted Barbara Helfgott With its women's orchestra Rondo Vienna While waltzes played, duck foie gras, pumpkin cream soup, garam risotto and ox cheeks with mushrooms were eaten. The banquet concluded with delicious food thanks to a refreshing storm and a Weinviertler DAC from Promiwinzerin Katharina Baumgartner.
The dance school principal also cut a good figure on the dance floor Rudolf Peschkesinger and actress Marika Lichterformer figure skater Trixie ShubaActress Edith Lehreropera singer Clemens UnterreinerJournalist Mauro MalobertiDirector of Arrow ECS Austria Heinz Steastnylawyer Stefan ProbstRestaurant owner Luigi Barbaro JuniorAnd the observer Bernd Roger Bienert.
leadersnet He was also at the awards ceremony. You can find impressions in our galleries here and here.
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