Ivan studied the piano in Bratislava (VŠMU) and Ghent (Royal Conservatory), and as a scholarship holder in the USA (Tanglewood Music Center), Canada (Banff Centre for the Arts) and Germany (Ferienkurse für Neue Musik Darmstadt). He focuses on interpretation of contemporary music, ensemble-, solo performances and musical re-interpretations of works of fine arts. He enjoys working with other musicians, together with whom he forms various groups – Cluster ensemble, Ensemble Ricercata or Prague Modern. Besides his employment at the Department of music education at the Faculty Education, Comenius University Bratislava, he co-creates alternative "educational institutions" – such as the student project VENI ACADEMY or the series of workshops for kids SoundOrchestra – aimed at introducing improvised music, graphic scores and exmerimental music. Ivan is the founder of many projects, festival or concert series. He is also the president of International Society for Contemporary Music – Slovak section, which organized the festival ISCM World New Music Days in 2013.