Marie-Jo Zarb

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Marie-Jo Zarb is a French lyricist, director and producer.

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Career

The troop of Pinocchio (2013) La troupe de Pinocchio.jpg
The troop of Pinocchio (2013)

After literature studies, Marie-Jo Zarb meets Bruno Pelletier, the francophone Quebecer singer, in 1993, and writes many songs for him. [1] Thanks to this first experience, she works with Native, a French band, and with Francis Lai for the musical Les Sales Gosses. She gets into Sony, the record company, and writes for Herbert Léonard, Larusso and the Sol En Si artists; among others. [2]  · [3]

In 2000, she meets Pascal Obispo, Lionel Florence, gets into Atletico songwriters pole, where she writes, in particular for Patrick Fiori, Lââm, Julie Zenatti, Tina Arena, Patricia Kaas, Florent Pagny. [3]  · [4]

In 2009, she is involved in the French adaptation of Zorro (musical) , with Laurent Bàn in the title role, then founds Aeternalis Music, her own production company, with Sylvain Bonnet. [5]

She sits at the variety committee at the French Sacem and runs writing workshops at The Music Academy International in Nancy.

In 2013, she writes and produces Pinocchio , the musical, for the stage, from Carlo Collodi’s novel, in Paris. Moria Nemo writes the music and Pablo Villafranca, Nuno Resende, Sophie Delmas and Vanessa Cailhol play the leading parts. [6] Marie-Jo Zarb is nominated for the French Prix de la Création Musicale, with the song Couper les liens. [7]

Exhaustive list of collaborations [8]

Musicals

Filmography

Awards and nominations

Nominations

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References

  1. Biographie de Marie-Jo Zarb Archived 2013-12-27 at the Wayback Machine , mariejozarb.com, 13 February 2014
  2. Biographie de Marie-Jo Zarb Archived 2013-12-09 at the Wayback Machine , vinzofficiel.com, 13 February 2014
  3. 1 2 Marie-Jo Zarb, discogs.com, 13 February 2014
  4. Marie-Jo Zarb Credits, allmusic.com, 13 February 2014
  5. Zorro aux Folies Bergère Archived 2014-01-10 at the Wayback Machine , artistikrezo.com, 13 February 2014
  6. Pinocchio, le spectacle musical, musiquesdumonde.fr, 13 February 2014
  7. Nominations des prix de la création musicale Archived 2014-02-02 at the Wayback Machine , www.csdem.org, 13 February 2014
  8. Discographie, lescharts.com, 13 February 2014