Bulgarian traditional music gradually became a great source of inspiration, leading to the birth of a new vocal formation in October 2005 - "PERUNIKA", a trio performing a' capella, incorporating Bulgarian, Macedonian and Russian traditional songs into a broader Slavic repertoire, of which Eugenia is the artistic director (check out www.myspace.com/perunika). Their debut album received great reviews in the national and international press. The album is available on Amazon and iTunes and in all good music stores. In April 2012 Perunika Trio released an album on SONY MUSIC Japan Intl. "Bulgarian Warabeuta" is a compilation of traditional Japanese songs - warabe uta - sung in the style of Bulgarian polyphony. The singers appeared on Japanese TV and radio, and took part in the popular annual festival "Live Image 12" in Tokyo, performing in front of 5,000 people on two consecutive nights.

Eugenia has toured as a lead singer with Balkan/electro/klezmer project Max Pashm Band. Her vocals grace their album "Never Mind the Balkans" both individually and with Perunika Trio. Eugenia appeared with both projects in live sessions on "The Ticket with Mark Coles" on BBC World Service and "World on 3 with Lopa Kothari" on BBC3. In May 2009 she had an experimental session for Late Junction on BBC3 that marked the birth of an unusual vocal project - YANTRA (www.myspace.com/yantraresonance). YANTRA were also special guests on BBC Radio 3's The Choir with Aled Jones in October 2012.Recent collaborations include Phil Thornton for the album "Nexus Tribal" (2009), and Transglobal Underground (BBC World Music Award winners 2007) for "U.N.I.T.E." in 2010 (www.unitegatheringofstrangers.com).

Eugenia is a talented lyricist and translator, equally skilled in English, Bulgarian and Russian. In 2012 she won the first prize for Folk Group at 6th International Russian Song Contest in duet with Polina Shepherd. An experienced teacher and workshop leader, she has been co-leading the East European Choir at UCL (2010-2013) and is currently leading Veda Slovena Bulgarian Choir, based at University College London and specialising in Bulgarian and other Slavic sacred and secular music (www.jeniuhin.wix.com/vedaslovena).

Session credits include work for the soundtrack of BBC period drama "The Virgin Queen" (Ivor Novello Award for Best TV Soundtrack 2007), backing vocals for "Julia" (Dave Rowntree, ex-BLUR), T-Mobile advert "Life is for Sharing" 2010, soundtrack of "Skeletons"(winner of Edinburgh International Film Festival 2010), soundtrack of audio book "End Worlds", and more.

Discography: The Virgin Queen 2006, INTRODUCING PERUNIKA TRIO 2007, Never Mind The Balkans 2007, Nexus Tribal 2009, UNITE > A Gathering Of Strangers 2010, BULGARIAN WARABEUTA 2012, A BRIGHT STAR HAS RISEN 2012, YANTRA (forthcoming in 2013).

"A particular highlight of the evening is the Perunika Trio, whose aching and pure voices blend into stunning harmonies and dissonance. The spirit of the songs translates, even though the words do not. That Bulgaria lies on the great divide of East and West shines though the music, as Eugenia Georgieva’s voice rises in what feels like a call to prayer." Molly Doyle, Fringe Report, London Fringe Festival 2010

"Eugenia Georgieva leads one of the more unlikely double-lives in contemporary music.

As the founder of the London-based Perunika Trio, she specializes in crafting some of the most exquisite a cappella music you're likely to hear. (...) Only four of the selections on their splendid, 18-song debut album feature instrumentation of any kind (and then very sparingly). The other pieces showcase their luminous three-part harmonies and intricate call-and-response vocal exchanges, unadorned. What results at times suggests the famed Bulgarian Women's Choir in a much more intimate, but equally moving, form.

Together, these three singers explore the folkloric traditions of southern Bulgaria and neighboring regions, producing music that is alternately haunting and edgy, rhapsodic and at times almost raucous. Any language barriers for Western listeners are easily overcome through the group's visceral voices – and by their ability to express joy, pain and a variety of emotions in between with such clarity and depth of expression.

As for Georgieva's double-life, her MySpace page identifies her as "Eugenie G" and cites her chief musical influences as Queen, George Michael, Tool and Bulgarian singing star Yanka Rupkina. Georgieva's – make that G's – solo work ranges from chill-out reveries and percolating dance-pop jams to otherworldly ballads..." George Varga, The San Diego Union-Tribune, February 2008

"A particular highlight of the evening is the Perunika Trio, whose aching and pure voices blend into stunning harmonies and dissonance. The spirit of the songs translates, even though the words do not. That Bulgaria lies on the great divide of East and West shines though the music, as Eugenia Georgieva’s voice rises in what feels like a call to prayer." Molly Doyle, Fringe Report, London Fringe Festival 2010

"Eugenia Georgieva leads one of the more unlikely double-lives in contemporary music.

As the founder of the London-based Perunika Trio, she specializes in crafting some of the most exquisite a cappella music you're likely to hear. (...) Only four of the selections on their splendid, 18-song debut album feature instrumentation of any kind (and then very sparingly). The other pieces showcase their luminous three-part harmonies and intricate call-and-response vocal exchanges, unadorned. What results at times suggests the famed Bulgarian Women's Choir in a much more intimate, but equally moving, form.

Together, these three singers explore the folkloric traditions of southern Bulgaria and neighboring regions, producing music that is alternately haunting and edgy, rhapsodic and at times almost raucous. Any language barriers for Western listeners are easily overcome through the group's visceral voices – and by their ability to express joy, pain and a variety of emotions in between with such clarity and depth of expression.

As for Georgieva's double-life, her MySpace page identifies her as "Eugenie G" and cites her chief musical influences as Queen, George Michael, Tool and Bulgarian singing star Yanka Rupkina. Georgieva's – make that G's – solo work ranges from chill-out reveries and percolating dance-pop jams to otherworldly ballads..." George Varga, The San Diego Union-Tribune, February 2008

Contact: eugenia.georgieva@gmail.com