Igor Horvat was born in Zagreb. He studied classical guitar (majoring in instrumental pedagogy) at the "Universität fűr Musik und darstellende Kunst" in Graz, where he also obtained a master's degree in the mag.art class. Ortrud Posedu. In addition to classical guitar, he also perfects playing jazz guitar in Austria in the mag.art class. Martin Wiederhofer.

He has been engaged in many years of pedagogical work.