In August, Inhotim reached the 2-million-visitor mark. These visitors came from the most diverse places and realities since the park was first opened to public visitation back in 2006. To celebrate the presence of those who keep the Institute alive, the second half of 2015 will bring new exhibits, performances and concerts with major Brazilian musicians. Among the attractions are Maria Bethânia, Zélia Duncan and Jaques Morelembaum, and Luiz Melodia, in addition to a tribute to Fernando Brant. Check out everything about the artists performing at Inhotim in the next few months, as well as about the new works on display at the park.

SEPTEMBER

Sept 5, 3 p.m. – Dançar o mundo – das ruas à web 2.0 [Dancing the world – from the streets to the web 2.0], performance by Ana Pi
Inhotim Theater (admission by order of arrival – 210 seats)

Artist Ana Pi puts on a performance based on urban dances from the outskirts and underground contexts of major cities all over the world. The performance shows the artist’s relationship with Brazilian funk dance as well as with African and North-American rhythms, creating an explicit dialog between national and international rhythms. There will be a discussion with the audience after the performance.

The audience will be granted access to the theater on a first-come-first-served basis, 30 minutes before the performance. Buy your ticket to enter the park on September 5.

Sept 12, 3 p.m. – Lucas Santtana
Magic Square Stage (admission by order of arrival. Capacity: 1,500 people)

Celebrating his 15-year career anniversary on tour with one of his latest albums “Sobre Noites e Dias” [About Days and Nights], Lucas Santtana brings a lively dancing performance to Inhotim. With tracks inspired by narratives of the everyday life, such as the amusing “Montanha Russa Sentimental” [Sentimental

Roller-coaster], the Bahia-born singer also sings some of his hits from past works.

Buy your ticket to enter the park on September 12.

Sept 13, 3 p.m. – Luiz Melodia, voz e violão [Luiz Melodia, vocals and guitar]
Magic Square Stage (admission by order of arrival. Capacity: 1,500 people)

On the road for over 40 years, Luiz Melodia has become more and more versatile and creative, composing songs inspired in blues, choro and samba. The concert features his greatest hits such as “Pérola Negra”, “Magrelinha” and “Estácio, eu e você”. Together with Renato Piau, who plays the guitar and is the singer’s right-hand man on stage, Melodia reinvents himself in each performance, surprising his audience with new arrangements for his well-known hits. Buy your ticket to enter the park on September 13.

Sept 19 – 3 p.m. – Inhotim Youth Orchestra
Magic Square Stage (admission by order of arrival. Capacity: 1,500 people)

The participation of Inhotim Youth Orchestra in the Inhotim Em Cena program is marked by special concerts. The Orchestra is made up of Inhotim School of Strings’ students, conducted by César Timóteo, artistic director for the project. With a diversified program, the group brings different music styles to the public, in appreciation of instrumental music. The Orchestra relies on 30 instrumentalists, including violinists, cellists, and bassists. The repertoire includes works by composers such as Mozart, Vivaldi, Villa Lobos, Tom Jobim and Milton Nascimento.

Buy your ticket to enter the park on September 19.

Sept 20, 3 p.m. – Carminho
Magic Square Stage (admission by order of arrival. Capacity: 1,500 people)

The Portuguese fado singer and composer is the daughter of Teresa Siqueira, who is also a fado singer and one of the most talented and innovative singers in her generation. In this concert, she will also perform other music genres such as Portuguese popular music, Brazilian Popular Music (MPB), jazz, pop and rock. This is the first time Carminho will be performing in Minas Gerais, after having sold out concerts in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. In Brazil, the artist has recorded with Chico Buarque, Milton Nascimento, Nana Caymmi and Marisa Monte. In Inhotim Em Cena, she will perform songs from her third album, “Canto”.

Buy your ticket to enter the park on September 20.

OCTOBER

Oct 1 – New temporary exhibits

On October 1st, Inhotim opens several works in the collection. Among the novelties are the video-installations by South-African artist William Kentridge. In 2013, a traveling exhibit dedicated to the artist’s production went to Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Porto Alegre, and he is now bringing the work “I am not me, the horse is not mine” to Inhotim. The work is made up of eight enormous projections and will be installed in a 600m2 shed. The work is expected to be one of the Institute’s main attractions in 2015. It has been on display at the Tate Modern, in London, and at the MoMA, in New York, and will replace “The Murder of Crows”, by Janet Cardiff and Georges Bures Miller.

The exhibit “Do Objeto para o Mundo – Coleção Inhotim” [From the object to the world – Inhotim Collection] will be on display at Galeria Fonte, featuring works which are part of the collection but had never been shown at the park. Over 50 works from the 1950s to date are part of the collection excerpt which examines the formation of the field of contemporary art based on the collection as well as on the institution’s program, opened to the public in 2006. The exhibit has been in Belo Horizonte and São Paulo, totaling over 100 thousand visitors.

Oct 1, 3 p.m. – Bixiga 70

Magic Square Stage (admission by order of arrival. Capacity: 1,500 people)

The opening of the new temporary exhibits will be celebrated with a concert by the Bixiga 70 band, which is launching its third album. The group’s rhythm is an invitation to dance and goes through dub and reggae, cumbia and carimbó, ethio-jazz and samba-jazz. Their music is created based on phrase and solos, harmonies and dynamics, clefs and improvisations. The 10 members of the band deliver a highly danceable performance.

Admission by order of arrival. Sales to open soon.

Oct 3 and 4, 3p.m. – Zélia Duncan and Jaques Morelembaum

Magic Square Stage (tickets for this concert must be purchased separately – 1,500 people)

The artist has partnered up with Jaques Morelembaum to pay tribute to Milton Nascimento at Inhotim. Milton’s songs will be interpreted in a very special way in a vocal and cello recital-like concert. The concert is not restrained by timelines. “Both mine and Jaques’s affective memory is filled with Milton’s lifework, and that was the criterion we used to choose the songs”, says Zélia. The songs chosen include “Canção Amiga”, “Cravo e Canela”, “Encontros e Despedidas”, “O que foi feito deverá”, “Ponta de Areia” and “San Vicente”.

The concert will take place at a reserved area. Tickets will be sold separately at BRL80 (full price). On that day, the admission fee paid to enter the park will not grant access to the space reserved for the concert. The 50% discount is valid for Friends of Inhotim and others entitled to this benefit according to the Brazilian legislation. Check it out here. The date in which ticket sales starts is soon to be announced.

Oct 10 and 11, 3p.m. – Tribute to Fernando Brant – Canções da América [Unencounters]

Magic Square Stage (tickets for this concert must be purchased separately – 1,500 people)

Friends of composer Fernando Brant and voices of the new generation of music made in Minas will gather at Inhotim in a performance intended to pay tribute to

the artist. Among the guest artists are Toninho Horta, Tavinho Moura, Beto Guedes, Flávio Venturini, Quarteto Cobra Coral, Amaranto, Juliana Perdigão and Marina Machado. The concert was conceived by Murilo Antunes, with musical direction by Flávio Henrique and art direction by Antônio Grassi.

The concert will take place at a reserved area. Tickets will be sold separately at BRL80 (full price). On that day, the admission fee paid to enter the park will not grant access to the space reserved for the concert. The 50% discount is valid for Friends of Inhotim and others entitled to this benefit according to the Brazilian legislation. Check it out here. The date in which ticket sales starts is soon to be announced.

Oct 17, 11a.m. – Vocal Line

Tamboril (free access for park visitors)

The 30 members of this Danish group as conducted by Jens Johansen. Throughout its 23 years of existence, Danish group Vocal Line has been greatly acknowledged all over Europe and in several other places in the world. The group has performed in important European and American festivals.

Free access for park visitors. Sales to open soon.

Oct 17 and 18, 3p.m. – Concert “Bethânia e as Palavras” [Bethânia and the Words]

Magic Square Stage (tickets for this concert must be purchased separately – 1,500 people)

The concert “Bethânia e as Palavras” will take to Inhotim a collection of poems and texts chosen by Maria Bethânia. The performance is a blend of literature and music. During the concert, the artist reads works by poets of all generations such as Guimarães Rosa, Manuel Bandeira, Cecília Meireles, Sophia de Mello Breyner, Padre Antonio Vieira, Caetano Veloso, Fausto Fawcet, Ferreira Gullar, among others. The reading is blended into parts of well-known Brazilian and Portuguese songs, such as ABC do Sertão (Luiz

Gonzaga), Romaria (Renato Teixeira), Estranha Forma de Vida (Amália Rodrigues) and Marinheiro Só (public ownership/adapted by Caetano Veloso).

The concert will take place at a reserved area. Tickets will be sold separately at BRL200 (full price). On that day, the admission fee paid to enter the park will not grant access to the space reserved for the concert. The 50% discount is valid for Friends of Inhotim and others entitled to this benefit according to the Brazilian legislation. Check it out here. The date in which ticket sales starts is soon to be announced.

Oct 24, 3p.m. – Ars Nova

Magic Square Stage (admission by order of arrival. Capacity: 1,500 people)

Celebrating the 100th anniversary of composer Hans-Joachim Koellreutter’s birth, Ars Nova – Coral da UFMG, conducted by Iara Fricke Matte presents a special concert featuring contemporary classical music. The concert also marks the global debut of two pieces: Três Canções Sacras [Three Sacred Songs], by Minas-born composer Eduardo Ribeiro, and Trois Chansons, by Daniel Knaggs. Ars Nova – Coral da UFMG is representing Brazil in this project, for which Knaggs has invited choirs all over the world to create their own interpretations of the tribute the American had paid to Ravel and Debussy.

Admission by order of arrival. Capacity: 1.500 people. Sales to open soon.

Oct 25, 3p.m. – Concert: Cobra, by John Zorn

Magic Square Stage (admission by order of arrival. Capacity: 1,500 people)

In this concert, Coletivo Distante performs improvisations using several instrumental set-ups, making versions of the musical game piece Cobra (1984), by New York composer John Zorn. The game uses signs and signals between the musicians to articulate a series of improvisations, each one with its own rules.

Admission by order of arrival. Capacity: 1.500 people. Sales to open soon.

NOVEMBER

Nov 26 – Opening of Galeria Claudia Andujar

On November 26, 2015, Inhotim will open Galeria Claudia Andujar, a project which has been developed over the past five years by the Institute. The space will have 1,600m2 and will be completely dedicated to the work of the Swiss photographer who has been based in Brazil since the 1950s. Throughout the years, she has photographed the life of the Yanomami, an indigenous people living in the Amazon Rainforest, on the border between Brazil and Venezuela. Her work was essential for the demarcation of the Yanomami territory back in 1992, being closely connected to the history of Brazil. Her gallery at Inhotim will gather over 500 photos taken by the artist during the time she lived with indigenous populations, as well as during other visits she made after that period.