Thursday 29 January 2026: Exclusive ‘on-stage’ Philharmonie tour & reception, followed by (optional) reduced-price Haydn concert

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:
17h45Meet-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.

Sunday 25 January 2026, 11h: Charity concert & crémant at the Valentiny Foundation in Remerchen

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 25th 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.

Thursday 8 January 2026, 17h45-19h: The EIB Art Collection

Join us for an exclusive tour of the EIB Art Collection led by Delphine Munro, Head of EIB Arts & Culture. The collection features more than 900 works – paintings, photographs, sculptures and more. The emphasis is on contemporary art, but the collection also comprises a number of Old Masters and 19th – and 20th- century artworks.
The tour finishes no later than 19h, and afterwards there is an optional a dinner with our EIB hosts at Restaurant Culturando.

Below is the invitation. Do not hesitate to sign up for this great event!