Ivana Fišer
{{Short description|Croatian-Jewish conductor}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Ivana Fišer
| image = Ivana Fišer.jpg
| imagesize = 220px
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1905|06|13}}
| birth_place = Zagreb, Austro-Hungarian Empire, (now Croatia)
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1967|09|07|1905|06|13}}
| death_place = Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia
| occupation = Conductor
| alma_mater = University of Zagreb
| relations = Ignjat Fischer
(father)
| spouse =
| children =
| nationality = Croat
}}
Ivana Fišer (born Fischer; June 13, 1905 – September 7, 1967) was known as a Croatian-Jewish conductor.{{harvtxt|Knežević|Laslo|2011|p=105}}
Background
Fišer was born in Zagreb on June 13, 1905, into the family of the well-known Jewish Croatian architect Ignjat Fischer and his wife Helena (née Egersdorfer).
She attended elementary and music schools in Zagreb. Fišer graduated from the Academy of Music, University of Zagreb, under Fran Lhotka as the first female conductor in Croatia. Soon afterwards she left for Salzburg, where she further refined her skills at the Mozarteum University of Salzburg.
From 1931 to 1934, Fišer worked as violinist with the Croatian Music Institute orchestra. As a conductor, Fišer debuted in 1933 while directing the comic opera Bastien und Bastienne with the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra.
From 1939 to 1941, she led the Zagreb Red Cross orchestra. Until 1941, she also led the Osijek philharmonic orchestra.
From 1947 to 1965, Fišer worked as a prompter at the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb.{{harvtxt|Macan|1998|p=274}}{{harvtxt|Bagarić|2011|p=}}
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Bibliography
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- {{cite book|first1=Snješka|last1=Knežević|first2=Aleksander|last2=Laslo|title=Židovski Zagreb|year=2011|publisher=AGM, Židovska općina Zagreb|location=Zagreb|isbn=978-953-174-393-8}}
- {{cite book|last=Macan|first=Trpimir|title=Hrvatski biografski leksikon, 4. svezak: E - Gm|year=1998|publisher=Leksikografskog zavoda Miroslav Krleža|location=Zagreb|isbn=953-6036-19-3}}
- {{cite book|last=Bagarić|first=Marina|title=Arhitekt Ignjat Fischer|year=2011|publisher=Meandarmedia|location=Zagreb|isbn=978-953-735-576-0}}
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Category:Musicians from Zagreb
Category:Jews from Austria-Hungary
Category:Croatian Austro-Hungarians
Category:Croatian women conductors (music)
Category:Academy of Music, University of Zagreb alumni