Estonian-Australian award-winning musician, composer and author.
Education: Precision Mechanics (5 y), Tallinn University of Technology.
Military training: Engineer Corps Officer.
Narva Hospital, Estonia, where Endel was born in 15 04 1959. Interesting fact: the hospital was built to commemorate 300 years of Romanov dynasty.
1982 - Engineer-constructor at Estonian Academy of Sciences
1984 - Musician at Estonian State Philharmony
1989 - Relocating with family to Melbourne, Australia
1998 - Palmstudios Australia established and opened for recordings
2001 - Starting a solo career, focusing on guitar oriented instrumental music
2002 - Endel Rivers' Hardbite reaches No.1 in the Most Popular (rock fusion) charts at Guitar9, USA
2003 - Allan Zavod (ex Frank Zappa, Jean Luc Ponty) joins the Hardbite project
2004 - Workshops at music academies in Estonia,
Live in Estonia DVD released
2005 - Endel Rivers' Hardbite II reaches No.1 in the Top Selling (rock fusion)
charts at Guitar9, USA
2005 - Touring with the Hardbite project in EU.
2006 - The winner of Australia's MusicOz
Awards in instrumental category
2006 - Finalist of Australia's MusicOz Awards in classical category
2009 - The Jaz Symphony tour
Other achievements:
Award-winner at various music festivals and song competitions in 1980s, Estonia
Two-times indoor soccer champion, two-times runner-up in 2000s, Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia.
In 2008 Endel was awarded with the White Cross of the Estonian Defense League (EDL) for his contribution to the independence movement in 1980s.
Endel and Sirje Rivers at EDL headquarters.
Below: MusicOz Awards night at Enmore Theatre, Sydney, Australia.
Endel Rivers' family, Melbourne 2000: Johanna-Lisa, Sirje and Janette-Marie.
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