Dimitar Ivanov hails from Silistra, Bulgaria, where he has taken part in regional and national guitar competitions. In 2005 he began his musical studies at the New Bulgarian University in Sofia. In 2006 he began his Bachelor followed by his Master of performance in 2012 and finished with his Master of pedagogy in 2014 at the Conservatory of Sion (Switzerland), with the guitarist and pedagogue George Vassilev. 

He has performed or participated in masterclasses with Dusan Bogdanovic, Zoran Dukic, Kaltchev Duo, Francis Coletta, Matteo Mancuso among others and has written compositions and arrangements of mostly contemporary works by Leo Brouwer, Dusan Bogdanovic and others.

Dimitar is a member of various groups, performing at prestigious Swiss festivals including Forum Wallis, Lavaux Classique and others. His participation as leader and co-leader in different musical formations led him to tour widely throughout Bulgaria, Switzerland and Canada in addition to giving solo recitals in France, England and Germany. Sincce 2014 his concert repertoire features contemporary composers inspired by Balkan music.

He recorded and produced the album "Beyond Borders" for guitar/violin/cello trio in 2015 and in 2017 Dimitar recorded the album “Balkan Fragments“ with the cellist Noémy Braun.

Between 2015 and 2018 Dimitar studied in sound recording program at Zurich University of the Arts where he developed his work entitled “Through the right translation” exposing the relation between the musical performance and the sound recording processes. This project brings him a DAS (Diploma of Advanced Studies).

For several years his parallel interests to the Brazilian music and polyrhythms leads Dimitar to develop a new repertory and in 2018 to a record of a new album in a quartet formation "Quatro Vozes" with music from the Brazilian multi-instrumentist and composer Egberto Gismonti.

Between September 2018 and July 2019 Dimitar studied in HEM Geneva with Dusan Bogdanovic where he developed a new repertory by including the Balkan idiom in his arrangements of music based on original compositions by Avishai Cohen and performed with his 10-string guitar. As a result, in September 2019 Dimitar recorded his new album "Solo Ten" and receives congratulations from the Israeli bass player and composer, as well as from the director of the Conservatory of Geneva (HEM).

In the beginning of 2020 and during the lockdown Dimitar has worked on few new arrangements of masterpieces by Beethoven, Chopin, Rachmaninov and on one of his new compositions entitled “The Broken Balkan Polyrhythmic Etude“. Some of those new works are now published at the editions “Doberman-Yppan” and “Les Productions d’OZ”. In July same year he recorded a new album entitled “Classical Fragments“ in duo with the Swiss guitarist Angela Kleger. There are presented pieces originally written for symphony orchestra or solo piano, all arranged for two guitars - 6 and 10 strings.

In September 2020 Dimitar signed with the label “Naxos“ for a new album release: “Goldberg Variations“ for two 10-string guitars together with Angela Kleger in duo Synaphé. The album enters in the priority list of the label with world premiere on 27th of August 2021 and shortly after the release, it is nominated for the prestigious “International Classical Music Awards (ICMA)” for 2022.

In November 2021 in order to developpe and record a new album Dimitar collaborate with the African guitar player Derek Gripper and the Brazilian guitarist Alexandre Gismonti in Lucerne, Switzerland. In October 2022 Dimitar releases a new solo album for 10 string guitar entitled “Homage to Egberto Gismonti“ and receives admirations from the Brazilian composer.

During 2023 several new compositions and arrangements appears on Dimitar's catalogue and discography. In the same year together with Angela Kleger, Dimitar establish a new edition dedicated to the 10-string guitar named “Éditions Synaphé”.

In June 2024 during several concerts in Switzerland Dimitar presents with success his project "Homage to Egberto Gismonti" by mixing classical and jazz in new trio formation together with the Italian/French violinist Mario Forte and the Bulgarian double bass player Mihail Ivanov.

Later in October 2024 Dimitar participate in a new quintet formation “Balkan Moods“ together with the internationally acclaimed musicians Theodosii Spassov - kaval, Atanas Ourkouzounov - guitar, George Vassilev - guitar and Irina-Kalina Goudeva - double bass and voice. During a week this new formation presents several world premieres, including a new composition from Dimitar, during five concerts in Switzerland at: Rencontres Orient Occident (Sierre), Moods (Zurich), Salle Frank-Martin (Geneva), Espace Consonance (Saxon), Caveau 13 (Montreux). A new album of the quintet was also recorded and will be published in the beginning of 2025.