11 September 2026
The Australian Piano Duo Festival (APDF) is proud to announce that, from an incredibly strong national field, Queensland-based Oxney Piano Duo has been named the winners of the 2026 Pamela Page and Max Olding Piano Duo Prize – a competition celebrating the next generation of Australian piano duos.
Read morePresented and operated by the Australian Piano Duo Festival (APDF), the Pamela Page and Max Olding Piano Duo Prize aims to support and promote young piano duos (ages 25 and under), fostering the art of duo pianism and providing opportunities for young musicians’ development. The competition will be open to young pianists across Australia, offering a distinctive platform for young piano duos to gain recognition. The Australian Piano Duo Festival is committed to nurturing emerging talent in duo pianism, and aims to provide opportunities for competition winners, enriching the broader music community.
The Prize has been established in the name of Pamela Page and Max OldingAM who were a legendary Australian husband and wife team of duo-pianists. For over 65 years, their distinguished careers included solo recitals, concertos, chamber music and collaborative playing, both nationally and internationally. They gave many recitals in Australia, the United Kingdom, USA, Austria, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, and New Zealand. In Australia, they appeared with all major and many regional orchestras. Their repertoire was extensive and included original two-piano works from leading Australian composers. Read more about the Page Olding Duo here.
15 August 2025
The Australian Piano Duo Festival (APDF) is proud to announce that, from an incredibly strong national field, Victorian-based CC Keys Piano Duo has been named the winner of the 2025 Pamela Page and Max Olding Piano Duo Prize – a competition celebrating the next generation of Australian piano duos.
Read moreDene Olding writes: "I am incredibly touched that my parents, Max Olding and Pamela Page, are to be honoured by the establishment of this Piano Duo Prize. Of course, it honours the decades of work that my parents devoted selflessly to the musical life of the country and, in particular, to the cultural landscape of Brisbane. Of even greater importance, however, is that it encourages young pianists to pursue this particular career path, and in the process, gives them an avenue to explore different keyboard repertoire and to refine and nurture their own playing. Pianists often have a solitary musical existence and this kind of ensemble playing, which other instruments have greater access to by their very nature, teaches concepts of sound, style and collaboration in a unique and important way. Hopefully, this Prize will kindle the spark which will inspire great Piano Duo teams in the next generations."
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