“We are delighted to have Canada’s cultural image enhanced by your performances.”
– William Warden, Canadian High Commission, New Delhi, India
“Pianist Colleen Athparia, a major exponent of contemporary Canadian music, gives a clear and compelling performance.”
– International Alliance for Women in Music Journal
Grieg Concert, July 2024 for CASSA Calgary Arts Summer School
(Holberg Suite & Duets)
UK Flautist William Bennett with Colleen Athparia
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CD Recordings
Polaris (Unical) Canadian Music by
Chan Ka Nin, Alexina Louie, Brent Lee, David Eagle, Allan G.Bell, Hope Lee
Ancient Gardens (Songeet)
Music Mosaic: Music of Countryside and Wilderness (New Concert Discs) Piano,Violin,Cello Works by Allan Gordon Bell and Eugene Goosens
Danse Sauvage by Allan Gordon Bell, Commissioned for Honens International Piano Competition 1996, featuring improvisation by Athparia.
Athparia, Colleen: Danse sauvage – Album by Colleen Athparia | Spotify
Contains piano solos by Canadian composers including “Aural Tectonics”
by Kelly-Marie Murphy, commissioned by CBC for Athparia.
Colleen Athparia (SNE) Music by Granados, Ravel, Debussy, and French-Canadian composers Morel and Papineau-Couture
Rare Romantic Romances (Songeet)
Emotion (New Concert Discs) Acoustic/Electroacoustic Works by David Eagle and Hope Lee
Pender Island Flute Retreat (PIFR) Flute & Piano Works Flautists William Bennett, Lorna McGhee, Gwen Klassen
Electrospectives: Ensemble Resonance (neworks) Canadian works by Hope Lee, David Eagle, Brent Lee, Allan G. Bell, Robert Rosen, Laurie Radford, Timothy Brady Available on iTunes
Concert Reviews
“Pianist Colleen Athparia, a major exponent of contemporary Canadian music, gives a clear and compelling performance.”
– International Alliance for Women in Music Journal
“We are delighted to have Canada’s cultural image enhanced by your performances.”
– William Warden, Canadian High Commission, New Delhi, India
“The artist has talent, musicality and plays with feeling.”
– Times of India, Bombay
“At breakneck speeds, Athparia’s crisp articulation of the note-heavy piano writing was simply astonishing.”
– The Calgary Herald
“Athparia has become the busiest solo pianist in Calgary’s musical life.”
– The Calgary Herald
“Colleen Athparia romped through her Liszt with apparent ease and relish, but she also showed, in the 2nd movement of the (Beethoven)‘Pathetique’ that she could deal with the kind of difficulty Schnabel had in mind.”
– The Sunday Observer, Bombay
“Canadian pianist wows UOG audience” “Athparia, opened her program with a flawless performance of the Sonata K576 by Mozart, immediately informing her audience by her fluidity and poise, especially in the dazzling third movement, that here was a pianist of world class caliber.”
– Pacific Daily News, Guam, USA