Kiko Loureiro
Kiko Loureiro was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on June 16th, 1972 and is the Guitarist. At the age of 51, Kiko Loureiro biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Pedro Henrique "Kiko" Loureiro (born 16 June 1972) is a Brazilian heavy metal guitarist best known as a member of the bands Angra and Megadeth.
Personal life
Maria Ilmoniemi, a Finnish pianist and keyboardist, married Loureiro in 2011. During Loureiro's time on the Storm World Tour in 2008 in Tarja Turunen, the two met. Livia, their first daughter, was born on September 29, 2011. Twins Dante and Stella were born on November 21, 2016, the twins were welcomed.
Loureiro is a vegetarian. He has tried being vegan in the past, but after 6 months, he switched to vegetarianism.
Career
At the age of 11, Loureiro began studying music and playing acoustic guitar. Pedro Bueno and Mozart Mello were two of Brazil's most well-known musicians. He was inspired by many musicians, including Eddie Van Halen, Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, and Randy Rhoads, and by 16 he had joined two bands, Legalize (with Edu Mello on vocals, Dennis Belik on drums, and A Chave in nightclubs in So Paulo. He co-founded Angra, a Brazilian power metal band, at 19 years old.
Loureiro has been extremely popular as a result of the surge in popularity of power metal, both playing in Angra and as a solo artist.
Loureiro has performed guitars on several eurobeat songs in collaboration with Dave Rodgers, including "Fevernova," "Ring of Fire" and "The Road Is on Fire" in addition to his rock/metal recordings.
Loureiro had joined the American thrash metal band Megadeth on April 2, 2015, replacing Chris Broderick.
At the 59th Grammy Awards, Loureiro, alongside Dave Mustaine, David Ellefson, and Chris Adler received the "Best Metal Performance" Grammy Award for the Megadeth song "Dystopia" on February 12, 2017.