was born in 1981 in Osijek. He started his first trombone lessons with his father at the age of 11, and then continued his music education at the Ivan Lukačić Music School in Šibenik in the class of prof. Mihajlo Bošnjak, where he graduated in 2000. During his schooling, he won a number of awards, among which the 1st prize at the 38th National Competition of Pupils of Music and Dance in Rijeka is certainly the most important. After graduation, he enrolled at the Music Academy "Ino Mirković" in Lovran, where he studied in the class of Branimir Slokar and Uroš Polanc. During his studies he won 1st prize at the International Music Competition held in Alice bel Colle in Italy, gave solo performances throughout Croatia, and appeared as a soloist with the Handels Akademie Salzburg (Austria) on several occasions.
In 2003, while still a student, he auditioned for the position of solo trombonist in the Opera Orchestra of the Croatian National Theater in Zagreb and won the position. He graduated from the Music Academy of the University of Zagreb in 2005, with excellent grades and a master's degree in music.
Ivan is the founder and president of the Croatian Association of Trombonists and Tubists - Busina. Turkey, Germany, Israel, Georgia, Slovenia, Israel, Bulgaria, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Romania and Croatia. In 2017, accompanied by the Vojvodina Symphony Orchestra in Novi Sad, he performed the European premiere of E. Ewazen Shadowcatcher's work (version for quintet and symphony orchestra).
He was also engaged in pedagogical work as a professor of Music at the Private Gymnasium Marul in Zagreb. He has been invited several times as a guest lecturer at the International Summer Camp for Young Musicians OrkesterkamP in Slovenia. As a guest professor, he has also lectured at US Universities (Texas State University, University of Memphis, West Michigan University, Grand Valley University), Japan (Senzoku Gakuen College of Music, English Brass Academy in Japan), UK (English Brass Academy).
He is currently employed as a solo trombonist with the Zagreb Opera Orchestra, and is a soloist with the No Borders Orchestra, which brings together the best musicians from the former state.
He is the vice-president of the bord of the Association of Croatian Chamber and Orchestral Musicians - HUOKU, the largest association that brings together and takes care of the status of professional musicians in Croatia.
He is the artistic director of the Summer Music Academy in Vodice, where he teaches together with the world's leading soloists. (musicacademycroatia.com).
He is an Artist and plays exclusively on the instruments of the manufacturer Antoine Courtois, as anofficial representative for SE Europe and on the mouthpieces of Mercer&Barker UK.