Events. Schloss Neubeuern.
Summer party 2025
25.07.2025
As every year, the reunion of the graduating classes took place in the 100th anniversary year. On Friday, 25 July, the reception of the ceremony merged almost seamlessly into the champagne reception on the south terrace. The weather was still dry, so that the first reunion could still take place outside. The evening’s programme then began at 8 p.m. and the guests took their seats at the festively laid tables. Alexandra Seebauer, Chairwoman of the Association’s Board of Directors, greeted the graduating classes together with Dr Wolfgang Bracker, who announced a film about the fundraising campaign for the “New Trüperhaus”.
Musical dinner
In between the delicious courses of the menu, three artistic performances made the evening a special experience. Our student Xiaotian Zheng impressed the guests on the grand piano with “Nocturne op. 27, No. 2” by Frédéric Chopin. Thanks to his teacher Christoph Declara, he is now a wonderful young artist and it is always a pleasure to listen to him. Schloss Neubeuern is grateful to the pianist Christoph Declara for his versatile contributions and concerts, with which he enriches our events time and again.
Christoph Declara made his debut at the age of 14 with Beethoven’s Fifth Piano Concerto. Since then, he has been active as a soloist and chamber musician as well as a juror and lecturer for Master Classes at home and abroad. He received his training at the Mozarteum University under Christoph Lieske and Pavel Gililov, as whose assistant he worked from 2010 to 2017 at the Mozarteum University and for a time at the Cologne University of Music and Dance. He has been teaching a piano class in Salzburg since his habilitation in 2016.
On this evening, he first accompanied Dr Sara Eterno on the two songs “Au bord de l’eau” and “Notre amour” by Gabriel Fauré. He then played Franz Liszt’s Petrarch Sonnet 104: “Pace non trovo”.
A modern song by Taylor Swift, “You are in Love”, sung by Clara-Emilia Braunbeck and music teacher Christina Rothmayer brought the performances to a very touching close, before the dessert buffet was opened and the 100th anniversary cake was eaten with great joy.
Good mood - despite the rain - on Saturday
The summer festival had to do without its main attraction in its anniversary year: the view of the wide Inn Valley was obscured by thick rain clouds. It rained all day and all evening. Nevertheless, the atmosphere was good, as a varied programme and interesting exhibitions filled the day until food and beer finally brought the summer festival guests together in our halls.
At least the honours at the Jüngling could take place outdoors. On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the school, the founder Julie von Wendelstadt was commemorated and honoured with a beautiful wreath. The fire brigade and the Friends & Supporters Association also honoured their deceased members with a wreath. Following the ceremony, a small delegation travelled to the mausoleum in Altenbeuern and laid the wreath on Baroness von Wendelstadt’s grave.
Happy togetherness
Fire brigade morning pint, historical exhibitions in the castle, Castello and old castle gymnasium – honours in the chapel and at the Jüngling – the awarding of the Blue Lady in the festival hall followed by coffee and cake and a breathtaking experiment show in the Mint Centre. And finally, a colourful and communal evening with a buffet, Flötzinger-Märzen and the Hinterberger Musikanten, who provided a great atmosphere.
