Events in Southern Styria
Music & Culinary Delights in the Castle Tavern
Summer Evenings with Live Music on the Castle Terrace!
This August, every Saturday from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM, enjoy an atmospheric evening on the terrace of SCHLOSS SEGGAU – with fine music and culinary highlights.
Look forward to:
- Live guitar sounds under the open sky
- An exclusive 4-course menu including aperitif – a delight for gourmets
- A special experience for all the senses – relaxed, indulgent, unforgettable
Savor these evenings with your loved one, friends, or acquaintances – with all your senses.
Reserve your 4-course menu in advance or simply drop by!
We recommend booking a table:
online
or by phone at +43 3452 82435 7500 –
or just come spontaneously and enjoy a warm summer evening with a special flair.
Folk Musik Concert with Herbert Pixner
An Evening of Alpine Folk Music in the Wine Cellar of Schloss Seggau
The BAV – Federation of Alpine Folk Musicians invites you, in cooperation with Schloss Seggau, to an exclusive concert in the castle’s historic wine cellar.
Featuring the legendary Duo Hornsteiner/Kriner from Bavaria and Herbert Pixner from South Tyrol on the diatonic accordion, who will also guide the audience through the evening.
Also performing: the Hecki Trio from Southern Styria and Carinthia – three musicians united by their deep passion for folk music.
An atmospheric evening of authentic Alpine folk music at its finest!
More information and tickets at: Folk Music Concert | Bund Alpenländischer Volksmusikanten BAV
Concert series
SCHLOSS SEGGAU MATINEES
Classic & Culinary
Wiener Comedian Harmonists
“A Little Recklessness Can’t Hurt”
Sunday, September 14, 2025 at 11:00 a.m.
Congress Hall, Schloss Seggau
For their 10th anniversary, they return to the matinées—officially opening the new season with a celebration!
As always, the pieces will only be announced during the concert, but we can already reveal this much: classics like “Mein kleiner grüner Kaktus” will, of course, be included. And the title of the program also offers a little hint of what’s to come…
Two tenors, two baritones, and one bass—all classically trained. Together with their outstanding accompanist, they allow the audience to experience the songs of the Comedian Harmonists—long hidden in the archives—once again in their original form. The five gentlemen capture precisely that swinging, easygoing, yet artfully refined style that transports their listeners back to the famous Berlin variety theaters of the interwar period—
Hopkinson Smith & Sophie Klußmann
Per Meraviglian, Renaissance Songs for Lute
Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:00 a.m.
Fürstenzimmer, Schloss Seggau
At the beginning of the 16th century, the invention of music printing in Italy and France gave ensembles new access to folk music – songs from this period form the focus of the first half of the concert. The second half is devoted to the flowering of English lute songs around 1600. Works by Dowland, Morley, and others combine personal immediacy with great expressive power. Celebrated soprano Sophie Klußmann and internationally renowned lutenist Hopkinson Smith present a Renaissance program that takes them on international concert tours –
including to the Fürstenzimmer of Schloss Seggau, where their interpretations can be experienced in an exclusive setting.
Hopkinson Smith – Harvard graduate, co-founder of Hespèrion XX – is regarded as an authority on historical plucked instruments. Since the 1980s he has focused on solo repertoire, has performed worldwide, received numerous awards, and teaches at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.
Alois Mühlbacher & Ars Antiqua Austria
“Cantatas and Instrumental Virtuosity”
Works by Biber, Bononcini, Caldara and others
Sunday, January 15, 2026 at 11:00 a.m.
in the vaulted cellar of Schloss Seggau
Alois Mühlbacher and the ensemble Ars Antiqua Austria under Gunar Letzbor have enjoyed a long-standing collaboration – at festivals such as Utrecht or “Resonanzen” at the Vienna Konzerthaus, as well as on numerous award-winning CD recordings. In Leibnitz, they present a program that has thrilled both audiences and critics. At its center are works by Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber – milestones of Baroque violin literature:
whose vocal presence and emotional depth are widely celebrated: “Biber at his best – highly virtuosic, brilliant, inspired, and leaving no room to breathe.” (Dirk Kruse, BR Klassik). Giovanni Bononcini is also represented – impressively interpreted by Alois Mühlbacher,
Benjamin Schmid & Ariane Haering
Works by Mozart, Paganini, Kreisler and Breinschmid
Sunday, April 19, 2026 at 11:00 a.m.
Styria Hall, Seggau Castle
Benjamin Schmid presents a varied, personal program with works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – a central part of his repertoire, for which he has received numerous awards, including the Mozart Prize Carl Flesch (London), multiple Echo Klassik and Opus Klassik Awards. The program is complemented by compositions from Niccolò Paganini, Fritz Kreisler, as well as Schmid’s stage partner, the bassist Georg Breinschmid.
Benjamin Schmid (Violin)
Since his debut in 1986 at the Salzburg Festival with Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Schmid has been regarded as one of the most sought-after violinists internationally. He has appeared with the Vienna Philharmonic, the Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, among others. His more than 60 CD recordings have received numerous awards, including the Korngold Violin Concerto with the Vienna Philharmonic under Seiji Ozawa, which Fono Forum ranked among the “ten best live CDs.”
Ariane Haering (Piano)
The Swiss pianist studied in La Chaux-de-Fonds and in the USA, completing her studies with Brigitte Meyer with the highest distinction. Since 2016 she has been a member of the Alban Berg Ensemble Wien. She has enjoyed a successful duo partnership with Benjamin Schmid for over 20 years.
Nataša Mirković, Marco Ambrosini, Murat Coşkun, Rafael Catalá
“On the Threshold” – Falling Musical Boundaries
Songs, original works and arrangements by Purcell, Handel, Catalá, folk songs and more
Sunday, June 14, 2026 at 11:00 a.m.
in the wine cellar of Schloss Seggau
The exceptional voice of Nataša Mirković and three virtuoso instrumentalists invite you, as musical “border crossers,” on a special journey: well-known arias by Purcell or Handel first appear in their original form, then in a new, improvised dimension – always with a palpable connection to their source. Old songs and melodies are transformed, and so is the audience: by the end, richer, wiser, more beautiful.
Nataša Mirković – Vocal artist between rock and baroque, composer and arranger – is considered one of the most fascinating voices of our time. She sang the title song for Angelina Jolie’s In the Land of Blood and Honey and contributed to the film The Promise. Her CD on the Carpe Diem label received the German Record Critics’ Award.
Marco Ambrosini – leading nyckelharpa virtuoso, composer and soloist – has performed in more than 25 countries and released over 150 CDs.
Murat Coşkun – master of oriental percussion – bridges East and West, performed with orchestras such as the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and appeared worldwide.
Rafael Catalá – internationally sought-after guitarist between classical and flamenco – has performed with stars such as Teresa Berganza and Carlos Álvarez; his recordings have been released by labels such as Sony Classical.
SPECIAL TOURS
FULL MOON TOUR
Romantic castle tour and guided tour with laterns and full moon viewing on the “Glockenwiese” meadow.
Dates:
Sunday, September 7th, 2025, begin 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, October 7th, 2025, begin 5:30 p.m.
Duration approx. 75 minutes / comfortable tour, elevator available
A deposit is required for lanterns.
Price per person: € 12.00
€ 5.00 children 6 – 16 years / children up to 6 years free
These full moon castle tours are only held in German!
