The Australian Music Centre (AMC) and APRA AMCOS have announced the finalists for the 2026 Art Music Awards to be held on August 19 in Melbourne, Australia.

Acclaimed performer, composer and sound artist Aviva Endean, has secured three nods. She is recognised twice in the Performance of the Year: Jazz and Improvised Music category for Lung Swara with Cahwatie Sugiarto and Matthias Schack-Arnott, and for The Cloud Maker with Freya Schack-Arnott, Jasmin Win-Ying Leung, Maria Moles, Sunny Kim and Te Kahreremoa Taumata. The Cloud Maker is also a finalist for Work of the Year: Jazz and Improvised Music.

With categories spanning composition, performance, music education, sound art and experimental practice, the Awards celebrate the creators, performers and organisations shaping Australia’s vibrant art music landscape.

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