uo Nova is particularly interested in the classic, romantic, post-romantic and contemporary periods of classical music.

At the beginning of the 19th century, a renewed interest for the guitar leads to a European emulation, with its centers in Vienna and Paris. The Viennese musicians are Mauro Giuliani, Wenzeslaus Matiegka, Leonnard von Call, or Anton Diabelli through his compositions and transcriptions of Franz Schubert. Fernando Sor, Matteo Carcassi or Pierre Porro belong to the Parisian movement.

Standing on his own, Niccolò Paganini uses the guitar in all of his chamber music, except in his three string-quatuors. In order to respect the spirit of that period at its best, Duo Nova interpret this rich repertoire on copies of instruments played at that time.

The repertoire of the beginning of the 20th century has recently been enriched by the rediscovery of the Viennese composer Ferdinand Rebay (1880-1953), whose works refer to a post-romantic, even neoclassic, language. Consequently, Rebay didn't belong to the avant-garde of his time, which might explain why he was forgotten. Some of his compositions sometimes result from an ambiguity: colourful pastel-tinted aesthetics conveying a dense, profound and essential message without yielding to seduction. This prolific composer left over 100 choral works, about 400 lieders, a symphony, 2 operas and about 600 pieces written for the guitar, the majority of which being in chamber music.

The pieces that are either commissioned, rediscovered or transcribed by Duo Nova are republished by Editions Berben in Ancona and Editions Philomèle in Geneva.