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| Popular As | Penka Kouneva |
| Occupation | Music Department |
| Age | 57 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Pisces |
| Born | February 25, 1967 (Sofia, Bulgaria) |
| Birthday | February 25 |
| Town/City | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Nationality | Bulgaria |
Penka Kouneva’s zodiac sign is Pisces. According to astrologers, Pisces are very friendly, so they often find themselves in a company of very different people. Pisces are selfless, they are always willing to help others, without hoping to get anything back. Pisces is a Water sign and as such this zodiac sign is characterized by empathy and expressed emotional capacity.
Penka Kouneva was born in the Year of the Goat. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Goat enjoy being alone in their thoughts. They’re creative, thinkers, wanderers, unorganized, high-strung and insecure, and can be anxiety-ridden. They need lots of love, support and reassurance. Appearance is important too. Compatible with Pig or Rabbit.
Recognized in Hollywood as an extraordinary talent, Penka Kouneva has composed on iconic video games (League of Legends, Prince of Persia, The Mummy), a NASA theme park at the Kennedy Space Center, and numerous feature films (the Oscar contender Aga, Sony Pictures releases - Encounter and Devil's Whisper, and Cannes and Berlinale favorites).
Her music has received national press as "fantastic, luminous and breath-taking" (Billboard, NPR and Forbes). As one of the industry's most accomplished women composers, in 2019 she was invited by showrunner Mark A.
Altman and composer Joe Kraemer to co-compose the CW primetime TV show, Pandora. In 2020, Penka scored the Super Bowl TV ad campaign for Olay, #MakeSpaceForWomen. Like a great musical storyteller, her music carries the listener forth on an emotional wave with soaring themes and innovative orchestral textures.
The top soundtrack label Varese Sarabande (Universal Music) released Penka's orchestral albums The Woman Astronaut (2015) and Rebirth of Id (2018) to rapturous press. Penka is a Sundance Fellow, Duke University Distinguished Alumna and has received the Game Audio Network Guild Recognition Award.
Two-time Oscar-winning composer Alexandre Desplat called her music "stunning." In 2019 Penka was commissioned and performed by Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl in front of an audience of 18,000 ("America in Space").
Penka was born and raised in Sofia, Bulgaria, received classical training and began composing incidental music for kids' theater at the age of 12. In 1990 she ventured out of Bulgaria with a Duke University composition fellowship and $150 in her pocket.
At Duke, she studied with the celebrated orchestral composers Stephen Jaffe and Scott Lindroth and received the first-ever Ph.D. in composition. As a groundbreaking artist, mentor and passionate advocate for the advancement of women composers, Penka has been featured on NPR, documentaries, books, and in the international press.
Penka became a US citizen in 2002 as "alien of extraordinary abilities" and is also eligible to work in the EU.
