Duo Altera, Tereza Novotná and Alice Lin both studied at Prague conservatory, but finally met in 2015 in the music school where they work. Since their first performance in 2015, they knew they belong together. Their favorite music of czech composers of 20th and 21st century. Tereza Novotná studied saxophone at Prague conservatory in the class of Mr. Pavel Fiedler. Now she is continuing her studies at The University of Ostrava in the class of dr. Zbigniew Kaleta. In the year 2016 she studied with Pawel Gusnar in Warsaw. She is a member of the ATAM Saxophone Quartet and also cooperates with chamber ensembles and orchestras. Alice Lin studied piano at the Prague conservatory in the class of František Maxián and Eva Boguniová. She is now at the end of her studies at The Academy of Performing Arts in Prague in the piano class of František Malý. She has participated and was highly ranked in the several competitions: Competition of Conservatories (2009) and International competition of Fryderyk Chopin in Mariánské Lázně (2013).