Born in Israel in 1979, Ira has performed as a soloist with Israel’s leading orchestras including The Israel Symphony Orchestra, The Thelma-Yellin Orchestra and The Israel Conservatory Orchestra.

As a founding member of the Tel Aviv Trio, he won First Prize at the Concours International de Musique de Chambre de Haute Alsace and prizes at the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, Vittorio Gui International Chamber Music Competition in Florence, the Città di Trapani International Chamber Music Competition, the Joseph Joachim Competition, and the Erst-Klassik Competition in Germany.

The Trio is the winner of the 2006 Israeli Ministry of Education award for Chamber Music. With the trio he has played in some of the world's most spectacular concert halls, including the Philharmonie in Berlin, the Auditorium du Louvre in Paris, the Kennedy Center in Washington, Jordan Hall in Boston, the Wallace Collection in London, the Conde Duque in Madrid, the Tivoli Concert Hall in Copenhagen, and other major concert halls throughout Israel, Europe, the United States, Southeast Asia and Australia.

As a soloist Ira is a two-time winner of the Ben-Haim Competition, The Israel Conservatory of Music Competition and the Concerto Barocko competition in Germany. Ira was invited to the International Interlochen Festival where he was awarded a special chamber-music prize. In addition, he took part at the Kronberg Cello master-classes and has performed recitals in Taiwan and in Korea. Ira is a member of the contemporary music ensemble Kaprizma with which he has recorded several CDs.

In 2005-06 he was a student of Laurence Lesser and Vivian and Donald Weilerstein at the New England Conservatory in Boston. Ira Givol graduated his studies with Frans Helmerson at the Musikhochschule Köln, where he continues his Baroque Cello and Viola Da Gamba studies with Rainer Zipperling. He is playing on a Collin Mezin cello, lent to him by the America-Israel cultural foundation .