450 Years of the Spanish Riding School. Cet article n’est pas disponible.450 Years of the Spanish Riding School

Un hommage à une institution unique au monde ! Une brillante équipe s'est retrouvée pour rendre hommage à l'École espagnole d'équitation et au haras de Piber dans un splendide ouvrage richement illustré à l'occasion de leurs 450 années d'existence : la directrice de l'École espagnole d'équitation présente l'excellence de cette icône de l'art hippique,les photographies accompagnent les Lipizzans au fil des années dans toutes les circonstances et les textes de très haute qualité reflètent une haute maîtrise du sujet et de l'émotion.

Elisabeth Gurtler studied economics at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. She is a keen rider and in 1979 was Austrian vice-champion in dressage. In 1990 she took over the management of Hotel Sacher in Vienna, Hotel Sacher in Salzburg, as well as Sachertorten AG and several holdings. From 1999 to 2007 she organised the Vienna Opera Ball and was rewarded for this with the Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Province of Vienna. In 2007 she took on the joint directorship of the Spanish Riding School with Erwin Klissenbauer. Since 2010 she has organised the annual summer ball Fete Imperiale there. Rene van Bakel is an internationally known photographer, journalist and founder of ASAblanca Agency. Born in the Netherlands, he now lives and works in Vienna. He has created photo and written reports from over 70 countries, which have been printed by major global media. Van Bakel has published four books and shown his works in 10 exhibitions to date. In 1996 he was awarded the International Award for War Correspondence for his report from Srebrenica (Bosnia-Herzegovina). Arnim Basche is a German sports journalist and presenter and joined the ARD Sportschau presenter team in 1963. From 1971 Basche worked freelance for the ZDF channel, presenting their Aktuelles Sportstudio from 1972. In 1973 he became director of the ZDF Sports Studio in Dusseldorf. His reports from large sports events earned Basche several awards, including one from the National Olympic Committee. As a journalist, Arnim Basche focused on equestrian sports. From 1968 to 1969 he was press officer of the Deutsche Reiterliche Vereinigung (German Federal Association for Equestrian Sports and Horse Breeding). He has written several books on equestrian sports.