Her high level of musicianship, beautiful voice and powerful stage presence are quickly earning her a reputation in New York Cityas a competent, creative and reliable addition to any band. Her unique compositions and arrangements, in which she regularly uses the voice as an instrument, bring together elements of jazz, pop and rock, making her popular both among listeners and players.

Thana’sfirst solo album “Ode to Heroes”, set for release in 2013 includes originalcompositions and arrangements marking a huge step in her career as abandleader. The album features an incredible band of musicians including: AntonioSanchez, Jorge Roeder, Sergio Salvatore, and Lenart Krecic. Special guests onthe album also include Donny McCaslin, Scott Colley and Christos Rafalides.

Thana hasperformed with renowned musicians such as Antonio Sanchez, Bernard “Pretty”Purdie, Lenny White, Buster Williams, Donny McCaslin, George Colligan, JuniorMance, Boris Kozlov, Ari Hoenig, Gene Jackson, and Satoshi Takeishi, amongothers. Thana has also had the opportunity to record with several artistsaround the world.

Thanarecorded on Antonio Sanchez's album "New Life", composed for andrecorded on an upcoming album of Bernard "Pretty" Purdie's, on themost recent album of Gene Ess’s called “Fractal Attraction”, and also on Croatianpianist Matija Dedic's album "Friends".

In 2011"Siena", Thana’s original composition recorded on “Friends” wasnominated by the Croatian Music Academy, PORIN, for Best Jazz Composition, andthe album was nominated for Best Jazz Album. This nomination was an enormoushonor given that these awards are considered the country's equivalent of theGRAMMY.

Thana wonthe 2011 Jazzon Alpe-Adria International Competition for Composers for her composition,"Ode to Heroes", which is the title track of her upcoming album.

Thana is agraduate of the New School University where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Artsin Jazz and Contemporary Music and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. Although born in New York City, Thana grew upin Croatia - her family's country of origin - where she was mentored for manyyears by vibraphonist and club owner, Bosko Petrovic.