Eugenia Georgieva

 
London based Bulgarian singer Eugenia Georgieva is best known for her vocal and stylistic versatility, with work ranging from rock and electronica to a'capella. Bulgarian folk 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 outwww.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" on BBC World Service and "World on 3" 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). In 2005/06 Eugenia worked with The London Bulgarian Choir, voted BBC3 Choir of the Year 2006 in the Open category. 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. She is co-leading the East European Choir at UCL (www.myspace.com/easteuropeanchoir) which is open to everyone who loves to sing those spine-tingling Bulgarian harmonies. In April 2012 the choir won 3rd prize at the 6th International Russian Song Contest at the Royal Academy of Music, London, whilst Eugenia and the other choir leader, Polina Shepherd, won the first prize as a duet in the Folk Ensemble Category. 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 Intl Film Festival 2010), soundtrack of audio book "End worlds" etc. Discography: INTRODUCING PERUNIKA TRIO, Never Mind The Balkans, The Virgin Queen, Nexus Tribal, UNITE A Gathering Of Strangers, BULGARIAN WARABEUTA, A BRIGHT STAR HAS RISEN (forthcoming), YANTRA (forthcoming)
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