He lived in Pirin Mountain with his beautiful young wife, Perunika. To celebrate her stunning loveliness, the Slavs named after her the enigmatic iris - perunika...

Award-winning London-based PERUNIKA TRIO was founded by artistic director Eugenia Georgieva, following the most archetypal format for Bulgarian harmony singing – the female trio. Incorporating Bulgarian, Macedonian and Russian traditional music and Orthodox chants into a broader Slavic repertoire, their acappella performances include poetry and storytelling. The three singers of Perunika share a love of the dramatic beauty of Bulgarian folk music, where pagan past, Church Slavonic tradition and five centuries of Ottoman rule fuse, leading you to an exciting journey into Slavic spirituality...

Notable past performances include:

2013 - National Portrait Gallery, National Theatre, Toynbee Studios album launch, Cultural Co-operation showcase - Goodenough College; 2012 - Kokusai Forum Tokyo, National Theatre Foyer London, WOMAD Bristol Zoo, Gooikoorts Festival Belgium, Alwinton Concerts, London Festival of Bulgarian Culture/ Bulgarian Embassy; 2011 - Tropentheater Amsterdam, Zuiderpershuis Antwerp, Opera North - Leeds, National Theatre Foyer, HOME Festival – Dartington, Buxton Festival, GLOBALTICA – Poland, Palace of the Arts – Budapest; 2010 - International A'capella Festival Leipzig - Gewandhaus, UNITE < A Gathering of Strangers UK tour (Sage Gateshead - Newcastle, O2 Academy Leeds, O2 Academy Sheffield, Band on the Wall - Manchester, Bush Hall - London, Broadstairs Festival, Quarterhouse Folkestone), Mayor's Thames Festival, National Theatre Foyer, London City Showcase, London Fringe Festival, VOICES A cappella Festival - The Bluecoat, Liverpool, Master Shipwright's Revelry on the Thames; 2009 - Mayor's Thames Festival, Southwark Playhouse, Chichester Festivities; 2008 - Llangollen International Eisteddfod, Mayor's Thames Festival, Sunrise Celebration @ THE BIG CHILL, Christmas Concert - Dorgali, Sardinia, Le Quecumbar album launch; 2007 - Notting Hill Arts Club, Eltham Festival Of Bulgarian Culture; 2006 - Dance Around The World at Cecil Sharp House

Radio and TV appearances:

ESPN TV – FA World Cup 2013 (supporting British Sea Power), BBC World Service -The Strand 2013, Reel Rebel Radio - Le Vagabond Boogaloo 2013,

World City Live - Resonance FM - 2013, SAKU SAKU TV and The Prime Show – WOWOW TV/ Japan 2012, BS Fuji Satellite TV – Japan 2012 (Live Image 12), Bulgarian National TV (BNT) and bTV – 2010, 2012, J-Wave Radio – Japan 2012, SOAS Radio – UK 2012, Bulgarian National Radio/ Radio VARNA - 2012, Bulgarian National Radio/ HORIZONT - 2010, BBC London/ A World in London with DJ Ritu – 2010, Radio Resonance/ International Refugee Day 2010, BBC World Service /The Ticket with Mark Coles – 2008