Hello!
My name is Kyriakos Bouloubasis (Kiriakos GP) and I come from Trikala. I started my involvement with music and classical guitar at the age of 8 at the Municipal Conservatory of Argos Orestiko, Kastoria. Then I continued my studies at the Municipal Conservatory of Larissa. At the age of 11 I heard for the first time the song "Smooth" by Carlos Santana and decided to start playing electric guitar. In the first years my environment was against the idea. But with a lot of perseverance I managed to convince them and so I started to play the electric guitar as a teenager. At the same time, I was involved with wind instruments (tuba, trombone). I was a regular member of the Larissa Symphony Orchestra and the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Municipality of Oichalia, Trikala. Later I started to deal almost exclusively with the electric guitar, with which I have been professionally involved for the last 15 years. I have been awarded in international competitions, I give concerts in Greece, abroad and I have been on stage in America with internationally renowned artists such as Scott Page (Pink Floyd), Kenny Olson (Kid Rock), Tony Franklin (Whitesnake). In 2015 I was invited by Thomann Somerfest in Germany to take part as an opening act for the Paul Reed Smith Band. Interviews and features have been published in both Greek and foreign magazines (Rock Hard Italy, Voyage Michigan), and in 2016 a personal TV special/interview was conducted by ERT. In 2014 I was placed first in the Andy James Guitar Academy International Electric Guitar Competition on YouTube, out of 861 entries from all over the world. I work with some of the most popular companies in the electric guitar industry such as Ibanez and EMG, and every year I receive a special invitation to participate in the NAMM International Music Show in Los Angeles, where I perform my work live. My personal solo discography includes artists such as Atma Anur (Jason Becker, Richie Kotzen) and Marcus Siepen (Blind Guardian). My metal cover of the traditional song Lianohortaroudia was ranked 4th in 2022 on Panos Chrysostomos' show "Rock Synaesthesia" on National Radio. At the same time, I am a founding member of the Progressive Metal group INDOMINANCE with whom we record regularly. I have also taught guitar in conservatories and music colleges in Greece and America, and you will also find me as a session/remote recording artist in many genres of music, which have already been released somewhere out there. I am a graduate of the Department of Primary Education of the Democritus University of Thrace, the Postgraduate Program in Special Education of the University of Nicosia and an undergraduate student at the Department of Music Studies of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. All my work in total can be found on my official website www.kiriakosgp.com as well as on most social media platforms.
