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