Ivana Fišer (born Fischer; June 13, 1905 – September 7, 1967) was known as a Croatian-Jewish conductor.
[1] 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).
Fišer graduated from the Academy of Music, University of Zagreb, under Fran Lhotka as the first female conductor in Croatia.
As a conductor, Fišer debuted in 1933 while directing the comic opera Bastien und Bastienne with the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra.
From 1947 to 1965, Fišer worked as a prompter at the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb.