With The Tower of Babel, Klangforum Wien dedicates itself to current works by composers from the former Soviet Union. First performed at the Wiener Konzerthaus and Radialsystem Berlin in 2023, the ensemble returns to Berlin with discoveries and an expanded focus on new compositions from Central Asia. The programme creates a map of the new in the music of today's post-Soviet societies, which in this edition presents artistically uncompromising positions from Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Lithuania, Russia, Belarus and Ukraine.
Like a "Tower of Babel", the project is intended to stand out from this currently so battered cultural landscape: polyphonic, still utopian and shining as both a place of refuge and a vantage point.
A project initiated by Klangforum Wien, co-produced with AFF Projects.