Ivana Gavrić has attracted international acclaim for her interpretations of a broad range of repertoire and storytelling programming, her playing described as ‘electrifying’ (BBC Music Magazine) and ‘impressive, insightful…ravishing’ (Washington Post).

Ivana is drawn to composers like Janáček, Grieg and Chopin, who each take features of their respective homelands to create a distinctive musical voice. A long-standing collaboration with the award-winning composer, Cheryl Frances-Hoad, has led to solo works and more recently a concerto, entitled Between the Skies, the River and the Hills, written for Ivana.

Equally at home with core repertoire, Ivana’s recent performances include Grieg and Rachmaninov Concerti with the Philharmonia Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall, and Beethoven’s Emperor with the RPO at the Royal Albert Hall. She has performed with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, South Denmark Philharmonic and Southbank Sinfonia, and collaborated with conductors including Rafael Payare, Nicholas Collon, Christian Kluxen, Karin Hendrickson and Ben Gernon. She especially enjoys working with chamber orchestras, and highlights have been collaborations with Trondheim Soloists, Aurora Orchestra, Camerata Zürich and City of London Sinfonia.

As a recitalist, Ivana has performed at the Wigmore Hall, KKL Lucerne and the Gilmore Piano Festival in USA, as well as across China, in Canada and recently in Peru. A dedicated chamber musician, Ivana plays in a two-piano duo with Tim Horton and has partnered colleagues including Maxim Vengerov, Matthew Barley and Thomas Gould. Outside the concert hall, Ivana is featured playing Chopin and Beethoven in BBC2’s adaptation of The Line of Beauty, and Bach in Anthony Minghella’s film Breaking and Entering.

Ivana created a sensation with her debut album In the Mists, winning BBC Music Magazine Newcomer of the Year, her playing hailed as ‘altogether of an extraordinary calibre’ (BBC Music Magazine). Her recording of Grieg: Piano Works was selected as Gramophone Editor’s Choice and the Grieg Society’s Recording of the Year, while her Chopin disc was chosen as Classic FM’s CD of the week.

Born into a musical family in Sarajevo and raised in the UK, Ivana studied at the University of Cambridge and at the Royal College of Music. Ivana is proud to be an Ambassador for charity Music Action International.