The aim of the study was to examine the interest in music of primary education students. Before analyzing the results obtained by research, the reader is recalled of the power that music has as well as the benefits that music provides to man. Characteristics of the music in each artistic period throughout the history were described, as well as the ways of performing the music education, from the ancient times to the present. The research carried out in this thesis focuses on the opinion of primary education students. The aim of the research was to examine what their interest in music was. The sample consisted 75 students (39 boys and 36 girls) attending first, second, third and fourth grade. The interest in music was measured by an anonymous survey questionnaire filled by the students who attend four elementary schools in Zagreb. The results show that primary education students have positive feelings towards music education. Analyzing the results, there is no statistically significant correlation between the increase of the interest in music of primary education students and teachers playing instrument during the music education classes. The results also show that students have little interest in deepening their musical knowledge and skills beyond the regular music education that they get in schools. One of the hypothesis - students who does not attend extracurricular music activity would like to deepen their musical knowledge and skills beyond the regular music education that they get in schools was partially confirmed in this research. Given the respondents' responses and confirmed hypotheses, it was concluded that primary education students have great interest in music. Teachers should be encouraging the interest that primary education students have in music, by using adequate learning methods and by teaching music in a creative way, in order to help students develop critical thinking and love for music.