Varvara Ivanova (born 1987) is a Russian virtuoso harpist and winner of major prizes in many international harp competitions. She was born in Moscow in 1987 and grew up in a family of musicians, with her father baritone Vladimir Ivanov, her mother harpist Zoya Slootskovskaya, and her brothers pianist Gleb Ivanov and cellist Danila Ivanov. From the age of five she studied at the Preparatory of Moscow Conservatory under M. F. Maslennikova. Her first major public performance was in the Conservatory Concert Hall in 1993 when, at the age of seven, she played the Concerto for Harp and Orchestra in B♭ major by Handel with the Kremlin Chamber Orchestra under conductor Misha Rachlevsky.