Born in Pančevo, Serbia in 1971, Ivan Aleksijević attendend musical school "Stanković.

During his career he collaborated with many serbian pop and rock musicians like the band Laki Pingvini and Rambo Amadeus.

Since 1995 Aleksijević is a member of Serbian Radio Television Big Band. He also plays with manysebian and foreign jazz musicians.

He is a member of several jazz outfits like Yupika, Jazz Space Quintet, Ognjen i prijatelji, Unit5, Liljana Sađil Group. He also played with Serbian jazz legend Duško Gojković and the world-music icon Šaban Bajramović.

Aleksijević is a prolific composer of movie and theatre scores.