"Henrik Olsson was born in 1975 in the village of Kyrkhult, a small industrial community in the south of Sweden. Studied classical percussion and received my MFA in 2001 at The Academy of Music and Drama, University of Gothenburg. I move freely between notated music and free improvisation, blending acoustic and amplified sounds with the use of contact microphones."

"Aviva Endean is an artist dedicated to fostering a deep engagement with (and care for) sound and music, with the hope that attentive listening can connect people with each other and their environment. She is active as a clarinetist, composer, improviser, curator, sound artist, performance-maker and collaborator. Aviva regularly works across a range of contexts including experimental and improvised music, new chamber music, creating theatre works which are designed to be listened to, and working on cross-disciplinary collaborations. Her work seeks to work beyond the boundaries of her art form, to reimagine the possibilities of a practice with sound.

Her debut solo release cinder : ember : ashes featuring improvisations and original compositions was released on Norwegian label SOFA in 2018 to critical acclaim, with reviews speaking to Aviva's innovation and virtuosity, and describing the work as 'captivating, sophisticated, stunning, miraculous' & 'trance-inducing'.

As a composer and performance maker, Aviva often explores expanding the audience experience of sound by creating unusual, spatially engaged, and participatory contexts for listening. Her recent original work in this area include 'Ping Pong Pop' a game piece for live spinning contrabass clarinet player, audience and ping pong balls (Dark MOFO), Sonic Labyrinth an immersive and interactive sound journey for children and adults alike (Castlemaine State festival/Art Play), Domicile a performance installation work inhabiting a family home (New Music Network mini series), Intimate Sound Immersion, a performance for one blindfolded person at a time (You Are Here festival), In the Half Light, a show for solo clarinet and immersive lighting design (ASTRA Chamber Music society) A Face Like Yours a sound work for video, foam earplugs and viewer (Darwin Festival, Sydney Contemporary Art Fair), Dual Rituals for clarinets and percussion (Bendigo International Festival for Exploratory Music), and Hapnophobia a site specific participatory work for 5x5x5 at the Melbourne Arts Centre.

Aviva is also active as a collaborator on interdisciplinary projects. She recently created an electro-acoustic sound design for Chunky Move's large scale immersive performance work Token Armies for the Melbourne International festival 2019. Her work was also featured in films Assembly by Angelica Mesiti for the Australian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2019, and The Empyrean by Amiel-Courtin Wilson. Other collaborative projects have included work with some of Australia's most exciting arts organisations and festivals, including The Australian Art Orchestra, Chamber Made, ASTRA, Punctum Live Arts, Ensemble Offspring, ELISION, TURA, Slave Pianos, Madeleine Flynn and Tim Humphrey, Geoff Robinson and Musica Viva. She has created work for festivals and concert series including Metropolis, INLAND, MONA FOMA Bendigo International Festival of Exploratory Music, WOMAD, Liquid Architecture, COMA, Dark MOFO, Melbourne International Jazz Festival, and The Melbourne Festival.

Aviva is the recipient of numerous Awards including the prestigious Freedman Music Fellowship (2015). Her work has been nominated for The Melbourne Prize, the EG music Awards 'Best Avant-garde/Experimental act' (2013 & 2018), and the Aria Awards 'Best World Music album' (2014). Her work with Justin Marshall 'I Am Hear' was awarded Best Kids Work at the Melbourne Fringe festival (2018).

Aviva was the inaugural recipient of the Australian Art Orchestra's 'Pathfinder' Music Leadership program, which offered her a one-year Associate Artist position with the company. Her other positions have included teaching as Monash University, working as 'Emerging Artist in Residence' with both Chamber Made and ASTRA chamber music society, and Associate Artist for the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (Canada).

Aviva has released recordings of her original and collaborative work with projects Crush Crush - a duo with Evelyn Ida Morris (Eastmint records), Quiver new music ensemble (Tone List), The Barons of Tang (Birds Robe), Prophets, Sludge Party, Mamushka, and Zulya and the Children of the Underground."