Marie-Jo Zarb

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

Career

The troop of Pinocchio (2013)

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

In 2000, she met Pascal Obispo, Lionel Florence, got into Atletico songwriters pole,[clarification needed] where she wrote, in particular for Patrick Fiori, Lââm, Julie Zenatti, Tina Arena, Patricia Kaas, Florent Pagny.[3][4]

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

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

In 2013, she wrote and produced Pinocchio, a musical for the stage, based on Carlo Collodi’s novel, in Paris. Moria Nemo wrote the music and Pablo Villafranca, Nuno Resende, Sophie Delmas and Vanessa Cailhol played the leading parts.[6] Marie-Jo Zarb was nominated for the French Prix de la Création Musicale for the song "Couper les liens".[7]

Exhaustive list of collaborations

Source:[8]

Musicals

  • 1996 : Les sales gossesby Francis Lai
  • 2009 : Zorro by Stephen Clark, adaptation by Éric Taraud and Marie-Jo Zarb, dir Christopher Renshaw, music Gipsy Kings - Folies Bergère
  • 2011 : 80 jours : Un pari est un pari by Marie-Jo Zarb and Moria Némo - Zénith d'Orléans
  • 2013-2014 : Pinocchio, le spectacle musical by Marie-Jo Zarb and Moria Némo - Théâtre de Paris, tournée
  • 2014 : Aladin, le spectacle musical by David Rozen and Marie-Jo Zarb - Zénith d'Orléans

Filmography

Award nominations

  • 2014 : Prix de la création musicale originale pour un spectacle : Couper les liens, written with Stéphanie Mounier, from Pinocchio, le spectacle musical

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. ^ a b 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