The Croatian flautist Iva Kovač lives in Vienna and specializes in contemporary music. She is a member of the Platypus Ensemble and has performed with other ensembles such as the Black Page Orchestra, Cantando Admont, Ensemble intercontemporain, Ensemble Kontrapunkte Wien, ensemble xx. jahrhundert, ensemble N (of which she is a founding member), Klangforum Wien, PHACE, reconsil and the Schallfeld Ensemble.
She has appeared on various concert platforms and at international festivals, including at the Philharmonie de Paris, the Vienna Konzerthaus and the Vienna Musikverein, ArtSpace@SNU in Seoul, the Carinthian Summer Music Festival, the Festival Internacional dos Açores, the Lucerne Festival, the Music Biennale Zagreb, the Salzburg Festival, the Warsaw Autumn Festival and the Wien Modern Festival.
Iva Kovač completed her musical studies with Hansgeorg Schmeiser at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, graduating with distinction. She has also received training from Eva Furrer and from Sophie Cherrier at the Paris Conservatoire as part of the Erasmus scheme. She is currently completing a doctorate in linguistics at the University of Vienna.
