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19-Jan-2024
Denis Novato Receives "Tony Petkovsek Award" - Italy/USAby Christine Johnstone |
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 Italian accordionist, Denis Novato received the "Tony Petkovsek Award" at the recent National Cleveland-Style Polka Hall of Fame Awards show, held in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.The award was presented for his musical career and the international dissemination of music. Novato is the first non-American person to receive this prestigious award. Before him it was awarded to several musicians, journalists and the governor of Ohio Georg Volnivich. For the accordionist from Trieste, this award, the "Tony Petkovsek Award", confirms his fame in the USA and after having already entered the hall of fame of world accordionists in New York, his name has now also entered the Polka Hall of fame in Cleveland. In 2021 Novato was nominated Knight of the Italian Republic and the cast of his hand was exhibited in the museum of the great accordionists in Recoaro Terme. Novato will entertain this month at the 2024 ski world cup events in Val Badia, Cortina d'Ampezzo and Kitzbühel, held in late January. |