George Leotsakos (‘Express’, Athens)

“Grigoreas held us spellbound with the nobility of sound, the plasticity of phrasing and rhythm, and a wealth of fine shades of expression…”

Hubert Kappel (guitar soloist - professor at the Musikhochschule, Köln)

“Both as a guitarist and a composer, Kostas Grigoreas is one of the most serious figures in the field of classical guitar”

George E. Papadakis (‘Eleftherotypia’, Athens; review of "Guitar in the Greek Mode")

“Kostas Grigoreas, a top guitarist with a rich career, and a collaborator of important Greek composers, is one of those ‘fortunate’ musicians who are not ‘hindered’ by problems of technique in the full execution of the finest shades of expression and can interpret a work exactly as they feel it.”

Colin Cooper (“Classical Guitar” magazine-London)

“A brilliant performance… the high accomplishment of this gifted guitarist.”

Vassilis Anghelikopoulos (‘Kathimerini’, Athens)

“The ‘fascinating’ sound of a guitar, according to M. Hadjidakis.”

Phoebus Anoyanakis (‘Avgi’, Athens)

“At the core of his recital lay Bach (Second Lute Suite), which he rendered in consummate pre-classical style, beautiful sound and enviable technical skill… Benjamin Britten’s Nocturne, opus 70, was admirable in its ‘staging’.”

George V. Monemvasitis (extract from Note on vinyl-record sleeve “Grigoreas Plays Tzortzinakis”)

“The performance of the guitarist Kostas Grigoreas renders the character of the compositions with clarity and precision, suggesting a multi-level conception, which coincides with that of the composer, thus revealing his complex artistic perceptiveness and experience as a performer, which have been indispensable to the realization of this record”.

“Guitar” magazine - London

“Excellent technique and sound.”

Argyris Zelos (‘Athenorama’ magazine; review of "Guitar in the Greek Mode")

“It would be a mistake to confuse the word ‘mode’ with the so-called ‘dromos’ [Greek for ‘way, road’] of traditional music. Dissociating himself, as a composer of a multifaceted background, from locality, he functions as an elaborate sculptor of sensations that have been liberated from both passing fashions and tradition-related obsessions.”

Maria Markouli (‘Ta Nea’, Athens; review of "Guitar in the Greek Mode")

“…with his musical instinct and sensibility, the guitar plays a leading role of narrator.”

Alexis Vakis (‘Diphono’ magazine; review of "Guitar in the Greek Mode")

“The technique and sound of the soloist are once again beyond question, in a record that is one of the most significant creative contributions to its genre.”

Georgia Laimou ('e-go.gr'; review of "Guitar in the Greek Mode")

"Kostas Grigoreas possesses gifts that I greatly admire in a guitarist: power, economy, clarity, precision and a profound sense of rhythm, pouring forth with the spontaneity of natural charisma."