An internationally acclaimed cellist Charles Curtis has woven a unique career through the worlds of classical performance and musical experimentation. He has worked extensively with pioneers of new music including Christian Wolff, Alison Knowles, and Éliane Radigue, whose works— among others— he plays tonight.

Sunrise and shadows falling across the forest floor, waves upon the shore beach walks and park prowling our pockets filled with pills; tote bags carrying vials, syringes or bottles... Where's the awe? With Gregg Bordowitz, Ari Banias, Corrine Fitzpatrick Malik Gaines, Alexandro Segade, and Lynne Tillman.

Elliott Sharp plays a set of his signature solo guitar improvisations, an evening that includes sets by the arresting percussionist Eli Keszler, and the Mauritanian duo Noura Mint Seymali & Jeiche Ould Chighaly, whose songs address the political cultural spectrum of contemporary urban Africa.

One of the hardest-hitting drummers around, Jonathan Kane's February, summons elements from this diverse resume of expermimental and minimalist rock into a distinctive take on American roots music. This free show features a solo set by Fang Island's Jason Bartell, and the Dan Joseph Ensemble.

Two unique presences of underground culture, Graham Lambkin and Jason Lescalleet began their collaboration in 2008, pushing their respective aesthetics to extremes. Tonight they give their third duo concert at ISSUE, celebrating the release of Photographs, joined by composer and performer Seth Cluett.

Pitreleh— a new collaboration of Duane Pitre & Eleh— make their live debut tonight. The duo come together to excavate shrouded nuances of sound, using precision tunings to uncover the depths of the harmonic series. Composer Tashi Wada presents a new piece written for and performed by cellist Charles Curtis.

Pauline Oliveros has left a profound imprint American music through her decades of work in improvisation, electronic music, teaching, and meditation. Tonight Oliveros returns to ISSUE with the large ensemble work "Primordial Lift". Olivia Block premieres "Dissolution", a solo meditation on communicative disruption.

A catalyst in the world of creative music for over 30 years, Cooper-Moore presents a selection of song cycles with words and lyrics by Langston Hughes, Paul Lawrence Dunbar, W.E.B. Du Bois and more. Poet and master jazz basist / violinist Henry Grimes premieres a new project with MC, composer and producer HPrizm.

Guitarist Marc Ribot, who helped organize and performed in the first ever ISSUE Project Room concert, returns tonight for an evening featuring the dynamic saxophonist, composer and improviser Matana Roberts, and the Irish guitarist Cian Nugent, whose striking instrumental folk draws on acoustic Americana traditions.

Charlemagne Palestine, best known for intensely performed piano with unique physical "symbols of identification", performs solo joined by composer and improvisor Joe McPhee– a watershed player of the creative jazz scene– and the poet Steve Dalachinsky, who has long occupied a unique role in the jazz firmament.

Tonight, as part of Ten Years Alive on the Infinite Plain, ISSUE brings Glasgow-based guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Richard Youngs to Brooklyn for his first US performance in decades. Renowned composer and improvising keyboardist Anthony Coleman performs two recent works for solo piano.