‘I went to nursery school every day until the end of secondary school!’ Arvo Pärt says and pauses, staring slyly at his listener. ‘My mother worked at a nursery school in Rakvere, and I always went to visit her after my lessons.’ There, the future composer often sat at the piano and played or
improvised for his little friends.

Arvo Pärt is a composer best known for his 'tintinnabuli' compositions. It is a lesser-known fact that in his earlier years as a composer, he also wrote children...

• Der Schulweg
• Der Weihnachtsmann
• Der kleine Motorroller
• Die Frösche
• Die Puppe hat keinen Namen
• Dornröschen
• Ich bin schon groß
• Lieber Weihnachtsmann, wo bleibst du?
• Liebes Büchlein
• Lied des Atömchens
• Lied des Glühwürmchens
• Lied des Marienkäfers
• Mamas Kuss
• Sommerwalzer
• Was braust er schön