Ionuț Podgoreanu was born in Ploiești and started his horn studies at the Music High School in Ploiești with Prof. Liviu Săvuță. He graduated from the Mozarteum University of Salzburg (Bachelor and Master), during which time he was a member of the “Gustav Mahler” Jugend Orchester. Since 2006 he has been the first chorister of the Barcelona Opera and since 2014, he has been professor at the Conservatory of the same city.

He has collaborated with orchestras such as Berliner Philharmoniker, Scala di Milano, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre National de France and is a permanent collaborator of the Music Aeterna orchestra with conductors such as Claudio Abbado, Pierre Boulez, Gustavo Dudamel, Teodore Currentzis, Cristian Măcelaru, Daniel Harding among others. He is also a member of the Romanian Chamber Orchestra, founder of the Mioritique ensemble and principal conductor of the Simfonics Orchestral Academy, Barcelona.