About us

"Songs of Cultures" is a production of A.MUSE - Interactive Design Studio (amuse.vision)
Production & Supervision
Binh Minh Herbst & Christin Marczinzik
Concept, Design, Art Direction & Illustrations
Binh Minh Herbst & Christin Marczinzik
Research & Development
Marcel Wiessler & Felix Herbst (needle.tools)
prefrontal cortex (prefrontalcortex.de)
2D & 3D Artists
Alina Starostenko, Victor Stockert, Mevhibe Yaşar, Thanh Van Nguyen, Birke Trautvetter, Binh Minh Herbst, Christin Marczinzik
Illustrations
Thanh Van Nguyen & Mevhibe Yaşar
Christine Faust (illustratoren-organisation.de/portfolio/christine-faust)
Cooperation
German Didactics Digital / Institute of German (d-3.germanistik.uni-halle.de)
Didactics of German at the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg (www.uni-halle.de)
Children's Singing Academy of the City of Halle (Saale) (www.kindersingakademie.de)
Hallesche Jugendwerkstatt gGmbH (www.jw-frohe-zukunft.de)
Needle Tools (needle.tools)
Pedagogical consulting
Prof. Dr. Matthias Ballod: Didactics of Language, Literature and Information, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Dr. Anne Sturm: Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Ina Friebe: Rhythmic pedagogue, Musikkita "Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow" der Halleschen Jugendwerkstatt gGmbH
Marie-Therese Mehler: Academy director & choir director of the Children's Singing Academy of the City of Halle (Saale)
Music Production
Toni Geiling(tonigeiling.de)
Lotus Ensemble - Le Manh Hung & Phuong Hoa Tran(lotusensemble.de)
Adrian Zendeh & Ina Friebe
Recording & Mix Mastering
Toni Geiling
Adrian Zendeh
Instruments & Voices
"Trống Cơm" (Vietnam, Eng. Rice drum)
Arched zither: Phuong Hoa Tran
Monochord, drum: Le Manh Hung
Vocals: Binh Minh Herbst
"Bèo dạt mây trôi" (Vietnam, Eng. Water ferns drift, clouds float)
Arched zither: Phuong Hoa Tran
Monochord, drum, flute: Le Manh Hung
Vocals: Phạm Đỗ Khánh Linh
"Một con vịt" (Vietnam, Eng. One Duck)
Arched zither: Phuong Hoa Tran
Moon lute: Le Manh Hung
Vocals: Binh Minh Herbst, Hân Ngọc Trần, Nhi Ngọc Trần
"Old MacDonald had a Farm" (Great Britain)
Banjo: Nico Schneider
Guitar, Bass: Toni Geiling
Vocals: Jenny McCulloch
"Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" (Great Britain)
Viola: Toni Geiling
Piano: Toni Geiling
Vocals: Jenny McCulloch
"Little Drummer Boy" (Great Britain)
Mandola: Jon Sanders
Viola: Toni Geiling
Piano: Toni Geiling
Drums: Anne Diedrichsen
Vocals: Jenny McCulloch
"Ich bin ein Musikante" (Germany, Eng. I am a Fine Musician)
Violin, guitar, recorder, bass, vocals: Toni Geiling
Drums: Anne Diedrichsen
Vocals: Jonathan Geiling, Romy Pfeiffer, Ludwig Tannenberg
"O Tannenbaum" (Germany, Eng. O Christmas tree)
Piano: Toni Geiling
Vocals: Ludwig Tannenberg
"Alle meine Entchen" (Germany, Eng. All my ducklings)
Piano, Bass, Ukulele: Toni Geiling
Vocals: Jonathan Geiling
"Der Mond ist aufgegangen" (Germany, Eng. The moon has risen)
Piano: Toni Geiling
Vocals: Ludwig Tannenberg
"Дощик накрапає" (Ukraine, Eng. It's raining)
Drums, Bass, Piano, Guitar: Adrian Zendeh
Vocals: Diana Matviyiv, Choir of the Children's Singing Academy of the City of Halle (Saale)
"Новосілля в мишеняти" (Ukraine, Eng. Mouse's new house)
Drums: Jonas Schneider
Bass: Kaspar Domke
Piano: Ruslan Rodionov
Recorder: Nina Filippenko
Torban: Maria Viksnina
Vocals: Diana Matviyiv, Choir of the Children's Singing Academy of the City of Halle (Saale)
"Ой люлі люлі" (Ukraine, Eng. Oh luly luly)
Drums: Jonas Schneider
Bass: Kaspar Domke
Piano: Adrian Zendeh
Recorder: Nina Filippenko
Vocals: Diana Shcherbakova
"Киця Кицюня" (Ukraine, Eng. Kitten Kitten)
Drums: Jonas Schneider
Bass: Kaspar Domke
Piano: Ruslan Rodionov
Recorder: Nina Filippenko
Torban: Maria Viksnina
Vocals: Diana Matviyiv
"عندي بيسي" (Syria, Eng. I have a cat).
Percussion: Radwan Alhalak
Guitar: Raef Badrkhan
Oud: Mustafa Khalil
Vocals: Saly Mohammed, Choir of the Children's Singing Academy of the City of Halle (Saale)
"في عنا شجرة" (Syria, Eng. We have a tree)
Percussion: Radwan Alhalak
Guitar: Raef Badrkhan
Oud: Mustafa Khalil
Vocals: Lin Esmail, Choir of the Children's Singing Academy of the City of Halle (Saale)
"كلن عندن سيارات" (Syria, Eng. Everybody has a car)
Percussion, Bass: Adrian Zendeh
Guitar: Ina Friebe
Oud: Mustafa Khalil
Vocals: Jad Idrees, Radwan Alhalak
"طيري، طيري يا عصفورة" (Syria, Eng. Fly, fly, birdie)
Percussion, Guitar: Adrian Zendeh
Guitar: Ina Friebe
Oud: Mustafa Khalil
Vocals: Lin Esmail, Choir of the Children's Singing Academy of the City of Halle (Saale)
Publisher of the song cards
Horami - German-Vietnamese children's book publishing house (horami.com)
Special thanks to
Hanh Nguyen Schwanke (Horami), Bao-Tram Thai (Horamin), Franka Futterlieb (Calliope, urbn pockets), Wolfgang Schmitz (Ahoyi, Fiete App), Investitionsbank Sachsen-Anhalt, Kunststiftung Sachsen-Anhalt, IMG-Investitions-und Marketinggesellschaft Sachsen-Anhalt, Unity, Wir helfen - Der Unterstützungsverein der Mitteldeutschen Zeitung, Flora Taubner, Li-Lu Weinrich, Alexander Dalbert, Alexandra Rupp, Kathleen Hirschnitz, Familie & Freunde.