Composer Spotlight
July 29, 2026
A Composer, a Camera, and a Childhood: My Childhood Memories Comes to Film
Composer Spotlight
July 29, 2026
A Composer, a Camera, and a Childhood: My Childhood Memories Comes to Film
Nova Linea Musica turns the camera on one of the most celebrated living composers in the world. On August 7, we film Chen Yi and violinist Rabia Brooke with Bitter Jester Studios for a new documentary on My Childhood Memories, a solo violin suite drawn from the games of Chen Yi's childhood in China. The film and the music premiere together next spring, with Chen Yi in attendance, and it all begins now.
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From Slovenian folk song to the tangos of Astor Piazzolla, with the world premiere of Clarice Assad's The Raven at its heart: read what Chicago's critics had to say about Blooming Under Blue Skies, Nova Linea Musica's season finale
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Grammy-nominated composer Clarice Assad on her new NLM commission "The Raven," the bird that watches the threshold between one self and the next, and what it means to close a season of ten world premieres.
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Violinist Rabia Brooke has performed at Carnegie Hall and on stages across Europe. As Nova Linea Musica's founding Artist-in-Residence, she talks about commissioning new works, collaborating with composers including Jennifer Higdon and Shawn Okpebholo, and what drives her advocacy for contemporary classical music.
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On October 28, 2026, Nova Linea Musica honors one of the defining voices of the last half century, with a Chicago homecoming for flutist Anthony McGill and a world premiere from a composer who once sat at Philip Glass’s side.
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The acclaimed JACK Quartet, called our generation's leading new-music foursome by The New York Times, opens Nova Linea Musica's third season in Chicago on September 30 at Guarneri Hall. The program features a new world premiere by composer Juri Seo, an artist the quartet has worked with before. Here's why this season opener matters.
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Nova Linea Musica's third season in Chicago: eight concerts and nine world premieres, opening with the JACK Quartet and closing with the Borromeo Quartet. Tickets are on sale now.
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A look back at Nova Linea Musica's second season in Chicago: eight concerts and ten world premiere commissions, from Conrad Tao's opening night to the finale under blue skies.
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