Iván Sánchez Águila was born in Puertollano, Spain.​ 
 
He began his musical education on viola in his hometown at the age of  12 until he finished his bachelor degree in Zaragoza in 2019 under the guidance of Josep Puchades and the Quiroga string quartet.
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In parallel to his studies on this instrument, he began his singing studies at the age of 18 with the sopranos Mª Nieves Ramírez in Puertollano and with María Salas and María de los Llanos Martínez in Zaragoza.
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Once he completed his studies on viola, he started his bachelor's degree in 2020 at the HMDK of Stuttgart with the sopranos Turid Karlsen and Sylvia Koncza, continuing and completing his bachelor's studies from 2022 onwards at the University Mozarteum with the tenor Mario Antonio Díaz Varas.
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After graduating in 2023 at the University Mozarteum, he started his master's degree on singing at the same University.