Performer Spotlight

On October 23, 2024, Nova Linea Musica presented its very first concert. The Dover Quartet. Guarneri Hall. A sold-out room. Here is what happened.

On March 11, 2026, Jennifer Higdon sat in a sixty-seat room in Chicago and heard her own music for the first time. A composer whose works average 300 performances a year worldwide chose to be in our room. Here is what happened.

Pianist and composer Conrad Tao opened Nova Linea Musica's 2025-26 season in Chicago with the world premiere of Chris Mercer's Impromptu Florescing. In this interview, originally conducted by Brian Mackey for The 21st Show on Illinois Public Media, Tao talks about performing with live electronics, human intuition versus machine intelligence, and what it means to return to Chicago.