Ivana Marburger Themmen (born April 7, 1935) is an American composer and pianist,[2][3] whose Concerto for Guitar was a finalist in the 1982 Kennedy Center Friedheim Composition Competition.
[4][5] Themmen was born on April 7, 1935, in New York City, where she began studying piano at age 7.
Her teachers included Francis Judd Cooke, Nicolas Flagello, Lukas Foss, Carl McKinley, Jean Rosenblum, and Otto Schulhof.
[9] Themmen taught at the Hampton Conservatory and also worked as an accompanist for the American Ballet Theatre.
[5] Themmen belonged to the National Association of Composers, USA (NACUSA).