Oliver Palotai

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

Oliver Palotai (born 17 March 1974 in Germany) is a classically-trained German musician of Hungarian ancestry, best known as a member of the power metal band Kamelot and of Doro Pesch's touring band.

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.

Personal life

Palotai has diplomas as both a music teacher and a professional musician from Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg-Augsburg.^[1]

In early 2013, he and his long time girlfriend, Simone Simons, announced they were expecting their first child. On October 2, Vincent G. Palotai was born at 11:26 PM.^[2]

Equipment

Keyboards

• Yamaha Motif ES7
• Yamaha Motif XS7
• Yamaha Motif XF8

Guitars

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

Bands

• Doro (2001–2009)
• Uli Jon Roth (2004 -)
• Blaze Bayley (2004-2007) - Guitars
• Epica (2010) - Live keyboards
• Kamelot (2005 -)
• Sons of Seasons (2007 -)

References

External links

• Official website
• Kamelot