Megaria is a collaborative pianist currently based in London, Ontario. Having an interest in both traditional and contemporary, solo, and chamber repertoires, she has been exploring various repertoires from across different periods and styles. She is especially keen on works by contemporary composers and has regularly collaborated with and performed works by living composers. This led to collaborations and performances around Canada. She was featured in the
Young Artist Overture by the New Music Concert in Toronto. She performed around Ontario for the Toronto Summer Music Festival, BIGLAKE Festival, and Chamberfest. She was also a Banff
Musician in Residence for Winter 2024. Together with singer Dr. Andrea Willis, they formed Eklektik Duo where they champion music by women, for women, and about women. Their first of this series of recitals was curated by Megaria at Museum London, after which they have been bringing it to various locations around Ontario. Having a passion for contemporary music, Megaria has sought ways to make this more accessible to the public. She works together with
music perception researcher, Dr. Lena Heng, to explore various ways of introducing new music to the audience.
To Megaria, sharing music is one of the biggest things she is passionate about. Performance offers her a unique and precious way of sharing music with others. As a performer, she is given
this privilege to serve as a bridge between the composer and the audience. At the same time, through the re-creation and re-interpretation of the works, she is able to communicate certain
intents and ideas to others. Having opportunities to explore different types of music ranging from the classical repertoire to contemporary compositions, she realized that the various ways through which composers and performers convey their artistic intent is not limited to just the melodies, harmonies, or other conventional musical structures. In fact, ways of communicating musical intent could exist even in aspects not restricted to sounds. Therefore, she is very excited about exploring and experimenting with the different ways in which various sounds, timbre and gestures are being used in the compositional and performance processes. Megaria hopes to
continue working with more living composers in understanding their artistic intent and to collaborate with different artists in the process of bringing a new musical work to life.
Megaria graduated with DMA in Collaborative Piano and MMus in Literature and Performance at the University of Western Ontario under Dr. Angela Park and Prof. John Hess. She obtained
her Bacherlor’s degree with first class honours in piano performance from Lasalle College of the Arts, Singapore.