Marie-Jo Zarb is a French

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, director and producer.

Career

After literature studies, Marie-Jo Zarb meets

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, a French band, and with Francis Lai for the musical ''Les Sales Gosses''. She gets into

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, the record company, and writes for

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and the

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, Patricia Kaas, Florent Pagny. In 2009, she is involved in the French adaptation of '' Zorro (musical)'', with

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in the title role, then founds ''Aeternalis Music'', her own production company, with Sylvain Bonnet. 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

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, in

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. Moria Nemo writes the music and Pablo Villafranca,

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and Vanessa Cailhol play the leading parts. Marie-Jo Zarb is nominated for the French ''Prix de la Création Musicale'', with the song ''Couper les liens''.

Exhaustive list of collaborationsDiscographie
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* 1995 : ''Je n'attends plus demain'', ''Lié par le sang'', ''Pris au piège'', ''En manque de toi'', ''Ailleurs c'est comme ici'' -

* 1995 : ''Sans différences, sans contre-jour'' - Album ''

'' * 1998 : ''Regarde-moi'', ''Une autre histoire'' -

* 1999 : ''Vivre sa vie'', ''S'en aller'', ''Personne n'est à personne'' -

* 1999 : ''Rien ne peut séparer'', ''Si le ciel'', ''Come back to me'' -

* 2000 : ''Matin de blues'', ''Saoul de mes dessous'' - Gunvor * 2000 : ''Juste une raison encore'' - Patrick Fiori * 2000 : ''Tout s'en va'', ''Pour y croire encore'' -

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* 2001 : ''On n'oublie pas d'où l'on vient'' - Florent Pagny et Pascal Obispo * 2001 : ''Laissez nous croire'', ''Que l'amour nous garde'', ''Une vie ne suffit pas'' -

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* 2001 : ''Si je ne t'aimais pas'' -

* 2002 : ''On s'en va'' - Christiana Marocco * 2002 : ''Tant qu'il nous reste'' - Cylia * 2002 : ''Là où tu rêves'' -

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* 2002 : ''Les diamants sont solitaires'' - Natasha St-Pier * 2003 : ''J'avais quelqu'un'', ''Quand aimer ne suffit pas'' - Natasha St-Pier * 2003 : ''Je regarde là-haut'' -

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* 2003 : ''Jure-moi'', ''Être une femme'' -

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* 2003 : ''Tant que tu vis'' - Solidarité inondations * 2003 : ''Tu pourras dire'' - Patricia Kaas * 2004 : ''Grandir c'est te dire que je t'aime'' - Natasha St-Pier * 2004 : ''Tu m'as donné'' - Laetizia * 2005 : ''Tant que tu es'' -

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* 2006 : ''Je peux tout quitter'' - Natasha St-Pier * 2006 : ''J'irai chanter'' - Nouvelle Star * 2008 : ''Tu pourras dire'' -

* 2008 : ''Des funambules'' - Murray Head * 2010 : ''La vie n'attend pas'' -

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* 2012 : ''Peut-être'' -

* 2012 : ''Te revoir'' - George Perris * 2013 : ''Ça me suffira'', ''L'amour à mort'', ''Après la passion'' -

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Musicals

* 1996 : ''Les sales gosses''by 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 Orléans (;"Orleans"
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, tournée * 2014 : ''Aladin, le spectacle musical'' by David Rozen and Marie-Jo Zarb - Zénith d'Orléans

Filmography

* 2002 : '' The Biggest Fan'' de Michael Criscione

Awards and nominations

Nominations

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

References

External links

*
Aeternalis, official site
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