Birth name Oliver Palotai Role Musician Origin Germany | Instruments Keyboards, guitars Children Vincent Palotai Name Oliver Palotai | |
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Born March 17, 1974 (age 50) ( 1974-03-17 ) Occupation(s) Musician, songwriter, record producer, teacher Labels SPV/Steamhammer, Napalm Records Albums Profiles | ||
Kamelot interview oliver palotai part 1
Oliver Palotai (born 17 March 1974) is a classically trained German musician of Hungarian ancestry, husband of Simone Simons from Epica, best known as a member of the power metal band Kamelot and of Doro Pesch's touring band.
Contents
- Kamelot interview oliver palotai part 1
- Kamelot south american tour teaser with oliver palotai
- Career
- Personal life
- Bands
- References
Kamelot south american tour teaser with oliver palotai
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 power metal band Kamelot as a touring keyboard player, and was soon welcomed as a permanent member. Palotai left BLAZE in January 2007. He later formed his own band, Sons of Seasons. releasing albums in 2009 and 2011. 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.
In early 2013, he and his longtime girlfriend, Simone Simons, announced they were expecting their first child. On October 2, Vincent G. Palotai was born at 11:26pm. The couple married in 2013.
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