Kiko Loureiro is not one of the best musicians of Brazil by chance. He was born on 1972 in Rio de Janeiro and started learning the guitar by the age of 11. The acoustic guitar was his first instrument because his sister didn´t want to have one-hour classes with her teacher, so she asked Kiko to split the class time with her. That´s why Kiko plays the guitar with his right hand in spite of being left-handed. Pedro was Kiko´s teacher for two years and taught his first chords and songs for guitar.
During his teenage years, Kiko decided he wanted to play the electric guitar. He got his first one - a black SG Gianini - and a Gianini amplifier when he was 13 years old, and then he learned all the guitar solos and riffs from artists he desired - like Eddie Van Halen, Jimmy Page, Jimmy Hendrix, Randy Roads etc.
By the age of 16 - when he was already taking his guitar lessons very seriously - he started studying at IGT where he got the chance to have classes with Mozart Mello for five years.
By this time Kiko started playing professionally in nightclubs in São Paulo. His first two bands were Legalize and A Chave, taking part also of keyboardist Fabio Ribeiro´s project, Blesqui Zátsaz. During this period, Kiko meets the famous Luthier Seizi Tagima when he takes his Ibanez to make some adjustments. Since then he exchanged his Ibanez for a Tagima which he uses until today.
When he was 19 years old he was invited to join band Angra. Since then his history mixes with the history of the band. Kiko had to work full time with Angra, as the band had been receiving great comments from critics and public since their first demo, in 1992.
In March, 1993 Kiko recorded his video class released by MPO and in June he travels to Germany to record Angra´s first album - Angels Cry. This album got great comments especially in Japan, where they received gold status. Their success raised interest for the band in other places like Brazil, Argentina and Europe where the album was released. In 1995 their second album - Holy Land - was recorded and produced by Charlie Bauerfind and Sascha Paeth once again. Creating a original style, Angra becomes a reference to other Melodic Metal bands.
Before the release of the next studio album, Angra releases an EP - Freedom Call - and a live EP recorded in Paris - Holy Live. In 1998 Angra releases their third studio album, Fireworks. Recorded in England with a well-known producer, Chris Tsangarides, and in some well-known studios like Abbey Road and Power House, this album brings Angra back to heavy metal roots - being considered a heavier album.
The recognition of Angra´s work - and particularly of Kiko´s work - have been helping him a lot. Many companies are aware of his potential and want to have their brands associated to Kiko´s name and image - for example Tagima guitars, the guitars Kiko recorded all Angra´s albums and uses in concerts and workshops all over the world.
Another guitar brand from Japan - Stafford - created an exclusive model for Kiko Loureiro, which is sold only in Japan.
Kiko is also very respected by the musical media. He has been columnist for one year and twice the cover of Japanese magazine Young Guitar, and he was also columnist and cover of magazines Guitar & Bass and Cover Guitarra, among many others which had articles and columns on Kiko.
Favourite Records and Artists:
Black Sabbath - Live Evil
Y.J.Malmsteen - Rising Force
David Lee Roth - Eat´en and Smile
Edu Lobo e Tom Jobim - Edu & Tom
Van Halen - All Records
Miles Davis - All Records
George Lynch - All Records
Queen - All Records
Beatles - All Records
Caetano Veloso - All Records
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full scheduled days on China and Indonesia... he need a full few days to rest 
