Author: Mette Ahlefeldt

We are delighted to announce that we have been invited to the Paris OUS Annual Gala Dinner, which will be held in the prestigious Maison des Polytechniciens, the Maison des X.

A cocktail reception from 19h30 will be followed by a 3-course dinner including drinks. Dietary options will be available.

The guest speaker Adrian HOHLER, lawyer, diplomat and banker, is a Fellow of Trinity College Oxford and brother of the former OUSP President, Arthur Hohler. 

Following several recent visits to Ukraine, Adrian Hohler will bring us an informed personal view of the conflict. He will highlight the importance of public support in the West, what that means to Ukrainians ; and mention five brave women – two Ukrainians, two British and one Croatian.

Dress code: Black tie preferred 

Tickets : 80 € per person 

Venue : Maison de Poulpry, 12 rue de Poitiers, 75007 – Metro Solférino

Sign-up: kindly write to Mette Ahlefeldt on chair@oxford.lu.

Oxford has secured a private guided tour of the Philharmonie with Aliki Zachariadis, Head of Marketing & Digital Division. Aliki will take us around the Philharmonie, beginning on the stage of the Grand Auditorium to give us a feel for what it is like sitting in the orchestra.

We will round off the tour with drinks and amuses bouches in a specially reserved area of the foyer.

Those who would then like to attend the concert hosted that night would be there just in time to do so as Haydn’s The Seasons plays at 19h30.

Timing:
17h45: Meet-up at the Philharmonie Entrée des Artistes (see map below). Place de l’Europe, L-1499 Luxembourg City.
18h-19: presentation & guided tour
19h: Crémant and amuses bouches in reserved area of foyer
19.30: Concert (optional) – se below for the

Sign-up with chair@oxford.lu – see also invitation sent out to all members.
Price: €25

Discount code & booking of the Haydn concert 29th January at 19.30: Concert tickets are at own expense. To claim the 20% reduction, click Haydn concert, choose your seats and then aim for the box on the right marked ‘Carte-client/code d’action,’ entering the code 2901_OXFORD (remember the caps). The code is valid for 2 tickets per person.

Let Thursday 29th January 2026 add a sparkle to the first month of the year.

We are delighted to pass on this invitation from our long-standing member Peter Carter and his wife Beverly:

Greeetings Music Lovers !
On behalf of Tukwataniise asbl, we are delighted to announce our second annual concert, which will take place on 25^th January 2026 in a wonderful space very kindly made available to us by the Valentiny Foundation in Remerschen.   Beata Szalwinska and Gilberto Pereyra, both well-known professional artists who play respectively the piano and the bandoneon, have generously undertaken to entertain us with a combination of tango and classical music.   In addition, Beata will be offering free CDs to all concert-goers.  

Sign-up: (not with Oxford), please write beverlycarterhaworth@gmail.com  Tickets: €50, payable in advance to: Tukwataniise asbl BCEE LU26 0019 5255 1968 0000, Ref:  Concert.

Following the concert complimentary crémant and nibbles will be served.  All proceeds will go to the Charity. Below is the printed invitation and a brief bio about the artists.