Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) has announced a two-year partnership with leading Australian composer and pianist Paul Grabowsky. The partnership will deliver a broad range of events in a program called The Art of the Possible, including a series of collaborations with Grabowsky himself.

Paul Grabowsky. Photo © David Kelly

“Much of my career has involved less-travelled roads, often involving collaborators from traditions with long-lasting improvisational and compositional practice,” said Grabowsky.

“All of these projects have been premised on the ‘art of the possible’, drawing on the centrality of improvisation to human existence, and its basis in skills-building, listening and trust. In a world fraught with conflict and uncertainty, it is useful to remember that our capacity for building a better, safer world lies within ourselves.”

The first three events of The Art of the Possible have been announced.

 On 13 October,  Grabowsky joins forces with Emma Donovan for The Old Rugged Cross, a program of gospel music, hymns, early country and works from Donovan’s grandfather...