Guest Conductor

Jeff Frohner

A native of Lower Austria, Jeff Frohner worked as band leader and keyboarder in various rock and pop formations even before he began his studies at Wiener Neustadt Jazz Conservatory. As such he later appeared on stage with, among others, Georg Danzer, Andy Baum, the Rounder Girls, Ludwig Hirsch and Günter Mo Mokesch. He soon discovered his passion for musicals and took on rehearsals as well as musical direction of various musicals and additionally wrote arrangements. Thus, while still young, he shared responsibility for plays like »Anything Goes«, »Sweeney Todd«, »Jesus Christ Superstar« and »Evita«. Productions like »Three Musketeers«, »Blood Brothers«, »Im Weißen Rössl«, »Singin' in the Rain«, »The Rocky Horror Show«, »The Count of Monte Christo«, »Hairspray«, »Artus - Excalibur«, »We will Rock You« and »Bodyguard« ultimately took him throughout all of Europe. He furthermore created original compositions for plays such as »Peter Pan«, »Pinocchio«, »William Tell« and »Torquato Tasso« and has also composed music for films and television. At the Gärtnerplatztheater he conducted »Jesus Christ Superstar«, »Singinʼ in the Rain« and »Hair«.