Tareke Ortiz, Mexico City. Composer with an interdisciplinary approach: ethnomusicological research, the human voice as a choral possibility for the emancipatory experience, cabaret as activism pro LGBTQ+ rights, song making for linguistic rights, sexual and reproductive rights, violence prevention and creation of intercultural technologies concerning arts with indigenous communities of Mexico and the immigrant population in the US. From bilingual film music for deaf and hearing audiences to new chants for critical spirituality his work has been part of art venues, universities and activist environments in north, central and south America, Europe and Asia. In México is currently a member and Board Director of the National System of Art Creators (SNCA), Artes Verbales, (the national grant for literature in indigenous languages), Músicos Tradicionales de México, (the national grant for both, traditional and new forms of traditional music of Mexico) among other national programs at México’s Ministry of Culture.
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