Leonid Ivanov was born in Yekaterinburg in 2009. In 2018, he began studying at Children’s Music School No. 16 in Yekaterinburg under Valery Shirokov. In 2020, he enrolled at the Ural Special Music School (College), where he studied under Leonid Kumishche. Since 2025, he has been a pupil at the Secondary Special Music School of the Saint Petersburg State Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory, where he studies under Boris Estrin, Honoured Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation.
He has taken part in the DRUMTIME Festival (Saint Petersburg, 2025), Crazy Days Festival (Yekaterinburg, 2026), Magic of Percussion Festival (2025) and Ural Music Night (2025).
He was awarded a scholarship by the New Names Foundation in 2026.
He has collaborated with the following orchestras:
– Tavrichesky Symphony Orchestra (conductor – M. Golikov);
– Gnessin Virtuosi Symphony Orchestra (conductor – M. Khokhlov).
