Žarko Ignjatovic graduated at the Academy of Music in Zagreb (Croatia) under prof. Darko Petrinjak in 1983 and at the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Graz (Austria) in the class of prof. Marga Bäuml-Klasinc in 1987.
He completed his post-graduate studies at the Salzburg "Mozarteum" under prof. Eliot Fisk in 1995.
He also took part in numerous masterclasses all around the world (held by Julian Bream, John Williams, Assad Brothers etc.) and won many prizes at national competitions.
He has been living in Ljubljana since 1984. He teaches at the Secondary Music School in Ljubljana and at the Pedagogical Faculty in Maribor (Slovenia). He is also president of the Slovenian Guitar Teachers Association (EGTA). He has been constantly developing his activities as a soloist as well as member of chamber groups.
He has performed with cellist Nebojša Bugarski since 1993, with flutist Cveto Kobal since 1994 and in a guitar duo with guitarist Jerko Novak since 2001.
His first solo CD with compositions by Weiss, Piazzolla, Tippett, Bogdanovic and Rojko came out in 1998, the second one, "Hic et Nunc", with contemporary Slovene music in 2001. He also appeared on Cveto Kobal's CD "20th Century Flute Music" published in 2003.