Ignacio Ferrando studied piano with Pepita Cervera, Teresina Jordà, Eugenio Nebolsin and Asya Nebolsina. Bachelor degree of music at Musikene after studying with Gabriel Erkoreka, Ramon Lazkano, Stefano Scarani, Zuriñe F. Gerenabarrena, Loic Mallie, Guillermo Lauzurika, Jesus Rueda, Ana Garcia Urcola, José Luis Campana, Margarita Lorenzo de Reizábal and Enrique Azurza. He has attended masterclasses of Mauricio Sotelo, Moritz Eggert, Ivan Fedele, Fabian Panisello, Alberto Posadas, Felix Ibarrondo, Elena Mendoza, Johannes Maria Staud, Gerard Pesson, Hans Zimmer and Christopher Young. He also has a bachelor degree in Computer Engineering from the UCM, theatre studies with Yllana Theatre School and experience as a musical journalist for Mundoclasico and Musikenews.
His music has been performed at festivals such as: Biennale di Venezia, Musica Viva Lisboa, Musikaste, FAIC, Rompeolas, Bicentennial of the reconstruction of San Sebastián, Festival of Diverse Music, Festival of Ensembles... and auditoriums such as: Teatro Arsenale di Venezia, Zaragoza Auditorium, Musikene Auditorium, Espacio Santa Clara, Espacio Ronda, Teatro El Castillo, Madrid Auditorio CentroCentro, Ateneo de Lleida, Auditorio 400, Teatro Champs Elysees, Muster-Meier Hall of Bern, GKS Hochschule der Künste Bern...It has been awarded several times within the program of Incentives of SGAE, Arriaga Prize of the XXV edition of the Young Composers Prize of the SGAE-CNDM Foundation, winner of the Call for Young Composers PluralEnsemble 2014 and of the Moondance Live Contest, selected for the XIII Sound and Music Workshop for Cinema of the SGAE Foundation, finalist of VIII Composition Prize Carmelo Bernaola and selected for the ISCM-WMD 2019. He has also been commissioned by Biennale di Venezia, INAEM-Teatro de la Zarzuela, Miguel Ángel Colmenero Foundation, Musikagileak, Ciklus Ensemble, UhUh Producciones, KEA Vocal Ensemble, Comunidad de Madrid. His music has been premiered by ensembles such as PluralEnsemble, Espai Sonor, Cicklus, Kuraia, Xare, Ensemble Novecento... As a composer and lyricist he writes works for all types of formations from soloist to chamber music, vocal music, big orchestra, opera, electroacoustic and audiovisual with real time electronics; encompassing a wide range of styles from rock to avant-garde music, interested in eclecticism as the current creative engine remarking his operatic work with Jorge Ferrando with the opera "El sueño de Dalí en una noche de Picasso" selected by the Biennale di Venezia 2018 to be premiered at the 62nd International Festival of Contemporary Music of Venice and the project "The Aspirants", winner of the "Primer Concurso de Creación de Obra Lírica del Teatro de la Zarzuela".