Evgenia Karlafti was born in Athens. She studied classical piano in National Conservatory M. Kalomoiris, where she got soloist's diploma with highest honors for extraordinary musicianship. She has graduated from the National Kapodistrian University of Athens, the Department of Music Studies. At the same time she participated in seminars and masterclasses with Constantin and Julia Ganev, Ida Margaritis, Paul-Badura Skoda, Stella Dimitrova and perfected her studies with the pianist Igor Tarasansky.

As a jazz singer she has attended masterclasses and seminars for jazz singing and scating with Gege Telesforo, Shawn Monteiro and Bob Stolloff. She has worked extensively for the theatre and has collaborated with the National Theatre of Greece, Amphitheatron Sp. Evangelatos, the National Opera as a musical instructor, co-repetitor, and/or as a musician of the orchestra. She has also played as a soloist as well as a member of chamber music ensembles.

Her belief is that music is beyond genres, there is only music one likes or not. In this context Evgenia Karlafti has collaborated with many acclaimed musicians from Greece and abroad that come from different "traditions" and musical genres, recording and/or playing live, to mention a few: Sonia Theodoridou, Maria Joao, Savina Yannatou.

Since 2006 she is into jazz more than everything else and she co-leads with the guitarist Nestor Dimopoulos the group "Music Soup".