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Oliver Palotai on a Kamelot concert. |
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Birth name | Oliver Palotai |
Born | March 17, 1974 |
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.
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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.
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]
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