Russian virtuoso pianist Evgenia Chudinovich changed her original name to the stage name GéNIA in 2000.

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Described by The Times as "an outstanding musician", and Gramophone as "a charismatic pianist," virtuoso pianist and educator GéNIA has a highly eclectic repertoire, embracing mainstream classics, new music and multimedia projects.

Recently GéNIA was invited to appear on Proms on Four 2007 on BBC Four in a live TV interview where she shared her ideas on how she would like to shape the future of the Proms.

GéNIA was born in the former Soviet republic of Ukraine into a family of musicians and scientists. She started her studies at the age of four with her great-grandmother, the pianist and pedagogue Regina Horowitz (sister of pianist Vladimir Horowitz and wife of the Soviet economist Evsei Liberman). She continued her studies with pianist and teacher Sergei Yushkevitch at the Kharkov Institute of Arts.

GéNIA is a graduate of both Guildhall and Trinity Colleges where she studied with Professor Joan Havill, Paul Hamburger and Douglas Finch. GéNIA made her London South Bank debut in the Park Lane Group Young Artist Series in 1998.

After receiving exceptional reviews extensively toured the UK, Europe, the United States and the Middle East. GéNIA's London appearances include the Wigmore Hall, Barbican, South Bank Centre, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Olympia and Cargo.  She also appeared as soloist on soundtracks for the award-winning films "Paradise Grove" and "Bookcruncher" and performed at the play “The Night Season” at the National Theatre in London.

Her recordings and interviews have also featured in various broadcasts on BBC Radio 1, 3, 4, 5 and World Service as well as on various radio and TV stations in Europe and the USA.

Alongside a busy artistic career GéNIA also undertakes educational work by giving master-classes, seminar, lectures and individual tuition.

She has taught at Trinity College of Music, Dartington and COMA Summer Schools, De Montfort University (Leicester), Lewis University (Peoria, USA), Californian Association of Piano Teachers (CAPMT) in Los-Angeles and EPTA (European Piano Teachers Association) International Conference 2007 at Warwick University.

Considering music to be as much a philosophy as it is an art, GéNIA created Piano-Yoga®, a multi-dimensional method of piano playing, performing and teaching which provides a holistic approach towards playing the piano while making it a natural and stress-free experience.

In 2008 GéNIA was appointed Artist in Residence at Bauer & Hieber Music where she launched a series of workshops and masterclasses and runs the GéNIA MUSIC Piano School. Please see Education section for further details.

Equally at ease on the stage of the concert hall or a nightclub, GéNIA has received critical acclaim for her live performances and contemporary classical releases for Black Box.

She strives to push the boundaries of the established piano tradition by exploring the nature of sound and potential of the grand piano. She has commissioned over 20 new works, particularly developing the repertoire for piano and electronics, and collaborated with an eclectic range of artists.

In May 2003 GéNIA gave two performances of Infrasonic, an award-winning project for piano, electronics, multimedia and infrasound, at the South Bank funded by The Welcome Trust. The project was made in collaboration with scientists, psychologists, composers and the support from NPL.

These ground-breaking concerts received wide coverage in a media and were featured in The Times, Guardian and Telegraph as well as on BBC Radio 3, 4, 5 and World Service amongst others. Infrasonic project was also featured in a new book "Experiment: conversations in art and science" published by The Wellcome Trust.

The Times described is as "... unique experimental concert staged in London...".
GéNIA was the first pianist to use infrasound in a live concert.

GéNIA gave a number of World and UK Premiéres as well as World Premiére recordings with music by Patrick Nunn, Gabriel Prokofiev, Karen Tanaka, Ton Bruynel, Hayden Parsey, Mike McFerron, Raimo Kangro, David Bedford, Andrew Hugill, John Richards, Howard Skempton, Nik Bartsch and Carl Vine.

GéNIA's latest CD featuring her collaboration with prominent dance producers The Early Man, Max de Wardener, kREEPA, Gabriel Prokofiev, Derailer, Trevor Goodchilde, Germ and Vex'd was released earlier this year on the Nonclassical label featuring John Richard's "Suite" for piano and electronics.This album is available as digital download, CD and Vinyl. The tracks from this recording have been numerously played on Radio 1, Radio 3 (Late Junction) as well as on various European Radio Stations.

GéNIA's studies began at the age of four with her great grandmother, pianist and pedagogue Regina Horowitz.

She continued her studies in Ukraine with pianist Serge Yushkevitch (the prize-winner of the Queen Elizabeth  International Piano Competition) at the Kharkov Institute of Arts.

She has been living in London since 1994 and had won scholarships to the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and Trinity College of Music. She studied with Professor Joan Havill, Caroline Palmer, Paul Hamburger and Professor Douglas Finch (also the prize-winner of the Queen Elizabeth  International Piano Competition).

GéNIA received numerous awards and grants from the Myra Hess Trust, Craxton Trust, Leche Trust, Bishopsdown Trust, John Wates Trust, Stanley Kalms Foundation, Fox Memorial Trust, Fred & Pat Tuckman Foundation and Ian Karten Foundation.

GéNIA was awarded a Silver Medal from the Worshipful Company of Musicians  and
the Founders Prize from the Trinity College of Music

GéNIA holds six instrumental diplomas, including the prestigious Premier Prix from the Guildhall School of Music. 

"Rhythmic vitality is a pre-eminent quality of her playing, being sustained even in moments of hair-raising virtuosity"
Epta Piano Journal, UK

“... an outstanding musician. She knows how to communicate with her audience, and has the virtuosity of not just fingers but hands and arms that marks her out as a natural pianist. But it was the main work, Gubaidulina's Sonata, that really showed off her capabilities. She was convincing in drawing together all the strands of the first movement, which ranges from upbeat jazziness to dark desolation, and despatched the horrendously difficult finale with ease."
The Times, UK

Trendy design, resembling an album of a pop star...GéNIA is brilliant! This is her repertoire and it requires virtuosity. This essential music is lifted above the level of nationality; it changes your musical experience forever.
Opzij,The Netherlands

"Already she is an impulsive, forthright performer who communicates readily... ...Her account of Gubaidulina's 1965 Sonata has a crouched intensity that was riveting, and imbued with a rare rhythmic freedom...A thrilling work, carried off with panache... Chudinovich is one to watch..."
The Observer Classical, UK

"In this performance, the chills are delivered with a special relish for the music's deconstructive enterprise."
Gramophone Magazine, UK

A pianist blessed by God. As she played the final note and rose from the piano, a stuuned silence filled the Purcell Room of the Royal Festival Hall. Naturally, applause, flowers and queues for autographs all followed, but that moment of amazed and rapt silence probably said more about the talent of GéNIA Chudinovich then any review."
London Courier, UK

“ ...What a beautiful sound she made... It was exactly "a musical gem", a thrilling and intoxicating experience...''
Chopin Magazine, Japan

"Mozart came next in an elegantly phraised and well-balances performance of his 21st Piano Concerto. The young Evgenia Chudinovich has a brilliant yet seemingly effortless technique."
Leicester Mercury, UK