Ivan was born in Leningrad in 1985. In 2000, he entered the Musorgsky Music College (class of Anatoly Musarov), wherefrom he graduated in 2004. In 2004 he entered the St. Petersburg Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatoire (class of Anatoly Musarov).
Laureate of competitions:
2004 - the 2nd prize at the Russian National Wind and Percussion Competition (Krasnodar);
Since 2004, he works in the Symphony Orchestra of the State Academic Capella in St. Petersburg.