She is author and performer of songs based on poems by many Russian poets of twentieth century,[1] including Marina Tsvetaeva,[2] Sophia Parnok,[3] Joseph Brodsky,[4] Anna Barkova, Andrei Belyi, Varlam Shalamov, Maria Petrovykh,[5] Veniamin Blazhenny,[6] Bulat Okudzhava,[7] and many others,[8][9][10][11][12] as well as her own poetry.

[13] Frolova is one of few performers who uses Russian folk instrument gusli and ancient harp,[14] along with classical six-string guitar for the accompaniment.

[22] She is a co-founder and active member of creative group "ASiA", together with Tatiana Aleshina, Alexander Derevyagin and Nicholai Yakimov.

"[27] A documentary about work by Frolova on poetry by Tsvetaeva was created by Irina Roerig[28] In 1996, Elena has mastered a new instrument, gusli, to perform Russian folk and other songs.

Frolova took part in the congress "The historical experience of the Soviet Communist totalitarianism: the opposition to Gulag" in Milan in 2003 with the program on poems by Varlam Shalamov.