At the beginning two men, a harmonica and some glass beer stood. At the end many hundreds content humans.

In the summer 2000 Igor Flach stayed in Klingenthal, in order to let and or other new instrument in inspection take overhaul in the harmonica mundharmonika-Manufaktur C.A. Seydel sons its instruments. It was accommodated in the hotel „Zum Postillion“, and like it to country like that, came he is with the landlord, the Rostock, Rolf here into the discussion. It relax a discussion interesting for both sides. Rolf could tell, which role played the harmonica here over more than hundred years, the Klingenthal for itself stresses to be the cradle of the harmonica. And which sad development since 1990 the production of this instrument took. Igor described, how the play and the music with the Mundi is maintained elsewhere that the instrument has a faithful fan circle, a life-glad and unlocked municipality to meetings in completely Europe appears regular. Thus it came that two were, which sat down into the head to provide for the harmonica again a worthy framework in Klingenthal the idea from the first harmonica meeting were born.
From now on the two contacts, Igor attached so many participations for the idea to artists, Rolf to landlords, sponsors and associations and already soon were won that from the idea a project became: The project „Mundharmonika-live“

With the two idea givers, Rolf and Igor, soon further enthusiasts associated: First as a publicity man Horst Körner, of the advertising studio „die 2“. The landlords Alexander Boehm of the „Alten Schule“, sideline chairmen of the tourism association, Carsten Foerster of the „Doehlerwald“, Torsten Voigt of the „Sportlerheim“, Christina Goldhahn of the „Ferienhotel Muehlleithen“ and Theo Körner of the „Alten Scheune“ in Zwota crystallized soon as hosts. Naturally the instrument manufacturers should not be missing in a city with such a music tradition. With Gerhard Raeker and Karl Pucholt pushed the management of the oldest still producing harmonica factory, C A. Seydel sons, to the organization team.

This team brought then Mundharmonika-live on the way which here so simply in a sentence is written, was with much commitment enthusiasm and before all staying power connected. Numerous ones of resistances had to be deseamed to be eliminated, dozens of handles and led hundred telephone calls. But soon it appeared that the harmonica meeting would have sufficient supporter. A date was specified and a schedule was provided.

To the meetings every fourteen days came now also Michael Sobkowiak, Karsten Meinel, Helmut Raitzsch of the youth hostel, Ursula Herold of the IVH, Anette Schuerer of the occupation company, Peter Fritz of the music and winter sports museum and Brigitte Schädlich of the tourist info..
After the mountain of the pessimism was threadbare, now the troubles of the level began: Posters and flyer had to be sketched, printed and distributed, musicians had to be found and selected, contracts locked, to locations rented, catering organized, dates co-ordinated to call (in order only some). At the end a program stood over three days, completely in the indication of the harmonica.

The increasing enthusiasm and the singularness of our festival led to the fact that to the third festival 2003, 1200 visitors could be already booked and the number of places of event rose to 10.
2003 knew the „bluesfactory” in the oldest harmonica factory of the world - C.A. Seydel of sons GmbH -;, the Megatreff of the Mundiszene to be created.

The festival-band accompanies the Harper and provides for tendency to to the morning-grey. Visitor opinion: „like in new Orleans... ”

The festival with the in „music-culinary live-nacht“ on Saturday – reaches the high point; Pendulum penalty our guests bring to the individual places of event to – Klingenthal, Muehlleithen, Zwota and Muldenberg stand for head.

Workshops of professionals, public playing and guidance by the harmonica factory round the festival program off.

With the participation and and and... our festival grew considerable artists and visitor from the USA, Brazil, New Zealand, Tschechien, Poland, Hungary, Holland, Belgium, Germany to an international high point in the music city Klingenthal as well as in the harmonica scene.