Oliver Palotai

Oliver Palotai
Oliver Palotai on a Kamelot concert.
Background information
Birth name	Oliver Palotai
Born	March 17, 1974 (1974-03-17) (age 37)
Origin	Germany
Genres	Symphonic power metal, power metal, progressive metal, jazz
Occupations	Musician, teacher
Instruments	Keyboards, guitars
Labels	Steamhammer Records SPV
Associated acts	Doro Kamelot Sons of Seasons Uli Jon Roth BLAZE Circle II Circle
Website	palotai.de

Oliver Palotai (born 17 March 1974 in Germany) is a heavy metal musician.

Career

He made his name playing keyboards and guitar for Doro and keyboards for Circle II Circle (as a touring member between 2003 and 2004) before joining Blaze Bayley's BLAZE as a replacement for founding guitarist John Slater in 2004. In 2005 he joined the progressive metal band Kamelot as a touring keyboard player, and was soon welcomed as a permanent member. Palotai left BLAZE in January 2007. He formed his own band recently, Sons of Seasons. He also played keyboards for the Dutch symphonic metal band Epica on their 2010 North American tour.

Equipment

Keyboards

• Yamaha Motif ES7
• Yamaha Motif XS7

Guitars

• Fame and Gibson
• TKL Cases
• Rueblick Picks
• Audio Technica Mics

Bands

• Doro (2001–2009)
• Uli Jon Roth (2004 -)
• Kamelot (2005 -)
• Sons of Seasons (2007 -)

Personal life

His girlfriend is Simone Simons, lead singer of the Dutch symphonic metal band Epica. Palotai has Diplomas as both a music teacher and a professional musician from Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg-Augsburg.^[1]

References

1. ^ OLIVER PALOTAI biography

External links

• Official website
• Kamelot

Persondata
Name	Palotai, Oliver
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Date of birth	17 March 1974
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