Carl Heinrich Maria Orff was a German composer remembered as much for his dramatic works and operas as for his innovations in music education. Born into a musically oriented family that also had a long tradition of military services, he grew up witnessing a lot of music making at home and began to show his musical aptitude early in his childhood. Recognizing his talent, his mother started teaching him piano from the age of five. Thereafter, he started having his lessons in cello from the age of seven and organ from the age of twelve. Soon he began to try his hand at composition and published his first work when he was around sixteen. At twenty, he graduated from the Academy of Music, Munich, and thereafter began experimenting with music, finally experiencing financial success with ‘Carmina Burana’ at the age of forty-two. Setting up the Günther School was another milestone in his career. The ‘Schulwerk’ he produced for the pupils of the school has now become a model for music education all over the world.