| Oliver Palotai | |
| Landscape: | yes |
| Background: | non_vocal_instrumentalist |
| Birth Name: | Oliver Palotai |
| Birth Date: | 17 March 1974 |
| Birth Place: | Sindelfingen |
| Instrument: | Keyboards, guitars |
| Genre: | Symphonic power metal, power metal, progressive metal, classical, jazz |
| Occupation: | Musician, songwriter, record producer |
| Associated Acts: | Doro, Kamelot, Sons of Seasons, Uli Jon Roth, BLAZE, Circle II Circle, Epica |
Oliver Palotai (born 17 March 1974) is a German musician, best known as a member of the power metal band Kamelot and of Doro Pesch's touring band.
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.
Palotai has diplomas as both a music teacher and a professional musician from Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg-Augsburg.[1]
He is in a relationship with Epica frontwoman Simone Simons. They got married on July 6, 2013.[2] They announced they were expecting their first child the same year. Their son, Vincent, was born in October 2013.[3]