Oliver Palotai
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Oliver Palotai on a Kamelot concert.
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Birth name | Oliver Palotai |
Born | March 17, 1974 |
Origin | Germany |
Genre(s) | Symphonic power metal, power metal, progressive metal, jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician, teacher |
Instrument(s) | Keyboards, guitars |
Label(s) | Steamhammer Records SPV |
Associated acts | Doro Kamelot Sons of Seasons Uli Jon Roth Epica |
Website | simonesimons.nl |
Oliver Palotai (born 17 March 1974 in Germany) is a heavy metal musician. 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 as a replacement for founding guitarist John Slater in 2004. In 2005 he joined the symphonic power metal band Kamelot as a touring keyboard player, and was soon welcomed as a permanent member. Oliver left Blaze in January 2007. He is currently engaged to Simone Simons, vocalist of the Dutch symphonic metal band Epica.
Oliver has Diplomas as both a music teacher and a professional musician from Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg-Augsburg. [1] Also, he formed his own band recently, Sons of Seasons.
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[edit] Equipment
[edit] Keyboards
- Yamaha Motif Series
[edit] Guitars
- Fame and Gibson
- TKL Cases
- Rueblick Picks
- Audio Technica Mics
[edit] Bands
- Doro (2001 -)
- Uli Jon Roth (2004 -)
- Kamelot (2005 -)
- Sons of Seasons (2007 -)
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