The Tower of Babel is a program dedicated to recent works by composers from the former Soviet Union. First performed at the Wiener Konzerthaus and Radialsystem Berlin in 2023, Klangforum Wien returns to Berlin with fresh discoveries, shining a spotlight on new compositions from Central Asia. This edition of the program maps the new musical landscapes of today’s post-Soviet societies, highlighting artistically uncompromising voices from Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Lithuania, Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine with clear-eyed directness. Like a “Tower of Babel,” the project is meant to rise above a cultural landscape currently suffering immense deprivation: radiant with polyphony, utopian as ever, serving as both a sanctuary and a vantage point.