Edgar Froese

German artist and electronic music pioneer, born June 6, 1944 in Tilsit, East Prussia (now Sovetsk, Kaliningrad region, Russia; died January 20, 2015, Vienna, Austria). Father of Jerome Froese.
His father and some of his relatives were killed by the Nazi-regime, and him and his mother fled to Berlin after WWII. Edgar had to work from the age of 15. He was a artistically gifted young man and at the age of 18, he was accepted by the, where he learned painting, graphics and sculpturing. To earn the money for his studies, he worked as author, actor and creator of advertisements. He wanted to become pianist, but learns to play guitar.