Igo

Stage name Igo, birth name Rodrigo Fomins (born 29 June 1962, Liepaja, Latvia) is a Latvian singer, poet and composer of rock and other music styles. Igo studied playing the violin, and is a singer and producer. One of the most popular singers in the 1980s, he was lead singer for Latvian bands Corpus (1978–80), Līvi (1980–84), Liepājas kvartets (1983–85), Remix (1985–92), Rīga (1990–91), Liepājas brāļi (1987). In 1986, Igo won the Grand Prix during The Soviet Young Singers Competition known as "Jūrmala-86" with the song "Грибной дождь"[1][2] and took part in the TV festival "Song of the Year" in Moscow with "Путь к свету" (composed by Raimonds Pauls and Ilya Reznik)[3] as well he got a 2nd Place and The Audience Main Prize in The International Singer Festival "Man and sea" in Rostock. In the beginning of the independence recovery stage of Latvia, in the year 1988 Igo performed the role of Lacplesis by the workbook of Māra Zālīte, in the rock opera "Lāčplēsis" by Zigmars Liepiņš.[4] In the 1990s, he started a solo career. He collaborated with composers like Raimonds Pauls, Imants Kalniņš and Zigmars Liepiņš. In 1997 he returned with a major role in an opera "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame" (Latvian: "Parīzes Dievmātes katedrāle") by Zigmars Liepiņš. Continues to actively perform and release new music recordings.