Denis Novato (born 1976) is a Slovene musician from

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, and world champion player of the diatonic

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. He has been a musician since the late 1980s. Novato was born in Dolina near

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. From the age of ten he studied for Susanne Zerial. At the international accordion festival in

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in 1988 his solo performance won the first prize, and he has later won more than 20 international competitions. Since 1991 he has also teaching, both in

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and

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. His first recording on cassette was released in 1995 and on CD in 1997. In 1999 he was awarded the title of

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of the

diatonic accordion A melodeon or diatonic button accordion is a member of the free-reed aerophone family of musical instruments. It is a type of button accordion on which the melody-side keyboard contains one or more rows of buttons, with each row producing the ...

. He has composed more than 50 original songs. He has toured

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in 1995,

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in 1997 and again in 1999, and later also the

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and

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. In November 2005 he visited the Florida Accordion Association Annual Smash and in March 2006 he visited the

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Festival.

Discography

*Denis Novato, ''A la Salute dei Nostri Padri'', CD, 1997
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*Denis Novato, ''Od Trsta do Triglava'', CD, 1998
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*Denis Novato, ''O du mein Osterreich - O moja Avstrija - O tu mia Austria'', CD, 1999
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*Denis Novato & seine Freunde, ''Oberkrainer Spezialitäten'', CD, Bogner Records (BOG010173), March 22, 2002
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*Denis Novato Trio, ''Gruss aus Triest'', CD, Bogner Records (BOG011193), January 2, 2004
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*Denis Novato Trio, ''Mit Dir Unterwegs'', CD, Bogner Records (BOG011783), February 1, 2005

References

1976 births Living people Slovenian accordionists Italian Slovenes People from the Province of Trieste 21st-century accordionists {{Slovenia-musician-stub