Marie-Jo Zarb is a French
lyricist, director and producer.
Career
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 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]
2014 : Prix de la création musicale originale pour un spectacle : Couper les liens, written with Stéphanie Mounier, from Pinocchio, le spectacle musical