WORKLIVE PERFORMANCE
Tareke Ortiz
Cabaret Silencio
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Silencio has no fixed shape: it changes skin with every show — part woodland creature, part pagan deity, part openly queer disruption.
Tareke Ortiz is a composer, pianist, singer, actor and cabaret artist trained in Composition and Ethnomusicological Research Techniques at the Escuela Nacional de Música of UNAM, in Mexico City.
Under the name Cabaret Silencio (also written Sil3ncio), he builds a stage persona that blends tango, bolero and dark cabaret to speak about identity, desire and existence — a practice he himself describes as LatiNoir cabaret.
His shows have toured stages in Mexico, the United States, Brazil, Argentina and the United Kingdom, always approaching cabaret as activism in support of LGBTQ+ rights.
Music for film and theatre, including bilingual scores built for deaf and hearing audiences at once, alongside new choral chant works explored through a critical spirituality.
The central stage project: shows such as Los minutos de Sil3ncio and Silencio, show cabaret, where tango and bolero become a vehicle for social critique and queer celebration.
Collective music-making with migrant communities, bilingual choirs of Indigenous children and migrant youth, and gatherings such as the First Sexodiverse Forum of Totonacapan.
Artistic direction of the International Arts Summit at Cumbre Tajín, and service as a Board Director of the National System of Art Creators.
Artistic Director of the International Arts Summit, part of the Cumbre Tajín festival in Veracruz, Mexico.
Board Director of the SNCA, also connected to national programs such as Artes Verbales and Músicos Tradicionales de México, focused on literature in Indigenous languages and traditional music.