After her literature studies, Marie-Jo Zarb met
Bruno Pelletier, the
francophone Quebecer singer, in 1993, and wrote many songs for him. 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. In 2000, she met
Pascal Obispo,
Lionel Florence, got into
Atletico songwriters pole, where she wrote, in particular for
Patrick Fiori,
Lââm,
Julie Zenatti,
Tina Arena,
Patricia Kaas,
Florent Pagny. 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. 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. Marie-Jo Zarb was nominated for the French
Prix de la Création Musicale for the song "Couper les liens". == Exhaustive list of collaborations ==