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Invisible Lifeline

If Frederic Chopin, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Clara Schumann or Alma Mahler were composing movie themes in the 21st century, what would their music sound like?

Penka Kouneva's new concept album, Invisible Lifeline, is a collection of six intricate piano fantasias and two string orchestral tracks in the Classical style. Each composition tells a story about what motivates the creative artist.

Like the mountain climber on the CD cover, an artist's career is a steep journey. What inspires the artist? What gives them energy to keep pushing forward to create screenplays, stories, music, poetry, dance, video games? Various sources on creativity and inspiration served as a springboard: Game Developers Conference lectures by the visionary designer Jason Vandenberghe on the gamer's motivation; the books Art & Fear by David Bayles & Ted Orland and The Tools by Phil Stutz & Barry Michels. The deepest motivation came from Penka's own journey as a woman, wife, mother, artist and composer for film, TV, video games and Virtual Reality. The CD cover art was inspired by The Rise of the Tomb Raider game and by a line from its trailer ("Only through life's adversities we become who we're meant to be").

This is Penka's first collaboration with the international virtuoso Georgi Slavchev who added his own arrangements to the piano tracks. Invisible Lifeline was also inspired by Penka's continued work with her mentor and manager, Victor Rodriguez. This album is a gift for Victor's fiftieth birthday.
Georgi Slavchev, piano soloist

Penka Kouneva:

The Woman Astronaut

Varese Sarabande releases - THE WOMAN ASTRONAUT. The album features the original music composed by Penka Kouneva (the game PRINCE OF PERSIA: FORGOTTEN SANDS). An original concept album with 14 tracks, broken into three acts, the Kickstarter funded project is a personal, autobiographical journey of an ambitious, self-determined woman and her journey as an astronaut, through adolescence, homeland and her very unusual profession.

10 NEW  80 Total
SYND: Classical 24, The Score, CBC, TRH, Stingray
Markets include: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, Atlanta, Portland, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Kansas City, New Orleans, Denver, Berkeley CA, Omaha NE, Canada
Online: AXS, Live 365, Soulandjazz.com, Kaleidophonic Jazz, FilmMusicMedia, Review Graveyard, KQEK.com, GoSeeTalk.com, CVNC, babysue, worldbeatcanada, Musicas Imaginadas