Kiko Loureiro

Creativity and technique. These are the first two words that come to mind to describe Kiko Loureiro's music. He was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil in 1973, and began his studies at age eleven learning classical guitar. At thirteen he got his first electric guitar, he studied with Mozart Mello and played with various local groups in his hometown.

In 1992 he was invited to join the newly formed heavy metal band Angra. After this, he started a meteoric carrer recording numerous studio and live alguns with Angra. Alongside with his solo career, he has worked with albuns, institutional videos and workshops. In March 2007 Kiko Loureiro was voted “Best Guitarist” by the respected Japanese music magazine Burrn.

In 2009 Kiko released his acclaimed third solo album. Distributed around the world, “Fullblast” features Mike Terrana on drums, and Felipe Andreoli on bass. During the same time Angra and Sepultura went on a Brazilian Metal celebration tour in many different Brazilian cities.

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Today, Kiko Loureiro is hoisted to the position of well respected, well-known, and influencial wordwide as a musician and as a composer.