Erhard Fröhner (1943 - ) is a German musician and teacher, now retired from his positions as teacher and director of a music school. He was born in Magdeburg, Germany and studied pedagogy in Cologne and Freiburg. He continued his studies at the Hochschule for Music and Theater in Hannover, and passed his pedagogy exam at the University of Oldenburg.



In his compositions he usually starts with twelve-tone technique, freely applied. He tries to build bridges to the listener by using familiar motives. He likes to look for elements which bring a playful character to the music. His choral works were especially inspired by Gerhard Schwarz, "An die Freunde" ("To Friends")-