In 1998, Rigou wrote the opera Les Archanges with the pianist Gerardo Di Giusto who composed the music. In 1996, Rigou collaborated with Renaud Garcia-Fons and Vicente Pradal, as a flautist and co-arranger for the project Cantique Spirituel de Saint Jean de la Croix. Ocarina reached top 10 on the national record charts of 44 countries and peaked at the no.1 spot in 14 countries.
The album sold more than 14 million copies around the globe. Over the period of eight years from 1992 to 2000, Ocarina was awarded with 57 gold records, 1 platinum record, 2 double-platinum and a diamond record.
Ocarina album series was very successful throughout Europe. Rigou used his stage name, Diego Modena, for the album. The album was released by Polydor Records in September 1991. In 1991, Rigou collaborated with Jean-Philippe Audin, Paul de Senneville, Michel Polnareff and Richard Clayderman for the album Ocarina. Luis Rigou performing Ocarina in a concert (2008). With Cuarteto Cedrón, Rigou was introduced to the genre of tango music. Cuarteto Cedrón were an Argentinian musical group based in Paris. In the late 1990, he moved to Paris and joined Cuarteto Cedrón as a flautist. He spent one year in Switzerland where he received lessons from Peter-Lukas Graf and Felix Renggli. In 1989, Rigou moved to Basel, Switzerland in order to master his flute playing skills. Rigou toured extensively with Maïz to the United States, Sweden, Czechoslovakia, Italy and Uruguay. In 1987, Maïz performed at the Cosquín Festival where they were awarded with the Prix Révélation by Atahualpa Yupanqui. The group toured and performed all over the world and released two full-length albums by 1989. In 1982, Rigou founded the musical group, Maïz. At the age of 20, he collaborated with the Argentinian musician, Jaime Torres as the soloist and toured with him globally for three and a half year. Rigou began his professional music career in the early 1980s.
Rigou received his musical training at Conservatorio Nacional Superior de Música where he mastered transverse flute and quena. He later attended University of Buenos Aires where he studied law. He attended Colegio San Agustín in Buenos Aires and graduated from the high school. Rigou was born in 1961, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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