Julien Salvia

Julien Salvia is a composer, director and musical performer, based in Paris, France. In May 2005, he composed (book and lyrics by Ludovic-Alexandre Vidal) his first staged musical, Revolution. In 2006, he also created with Ludovic-Alexandre The Man Who Laughs, an adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel. These shows were staged (respectively in 2007 and 2008) during Paris Musicals Festival. Their third creation, The Prince And The Pauper, an adaptation of Mark Twain's novel, premiered late 2007 in Paris, with Julien directing the show, which was awarded in 2008 with the Marius Award for the Best Family Musical. It was then presented in 2011 during Montreal?s Next Wave Festival (1 award) and in 2012 during New York?s Midtown International Theatre Festival (5 nominations and 1 award) where it was notably nominated for Outsanding Music & Lyrics. In October 2014, Rapunzel The Musical, with a book by Anthony Michineau, premiered at Espace Pierre Cardin in Paris and then transferred to Th tre de la Porte Saint-Martin. Besides, their adaptation (same authors) of Matches premiered in February 2015 at Th tre du Palais-Royal, and transferred to Th tre du Gymnase before a French tour. Both shows were nominated to the prestigious Moli res (French equivalent of the Tony Awards) in 2016. In 2018, Julien and Ludovic-Alexandre presented their new project : The Adventures of Tom Sawyer at Th tre Mogador in Paris. The show received 11 nominations to the Troph es de La Com die Musicale Award, winning Best Orignal Score, Best Family Show and Audience?s Choice Award. They?re now working on several new projects: Around the World in 80 Days based on Jules Verne?s novel, Scrooge! A Christmas Carol based on Dickens?s novel and A Foreign Field. Julien has also worked as a musical performer, with credits includig Alceste in Love at first sight, Anthony Hope in Sweeney Todd, Marius Pontmercy in Les Mis rables, Motel Kamzoil in A Fiddler on a Roof, Tom Trainor in No no Nanette, Freddy Eynsford-Hill in My Fair Lady, Fred in Scooby-Doo and the Ghost Pirates, Pinocchio in Shrek, the Musical, Emmett Forrest in Legally Blonde, Sethi in Kid Manoir 2, Tobias Ragg in Sweeney Todd, the Prince Adventurer in Raiponce et le Prince Aventurier, Cornelius dans Hello Dolly! and lately Chick Clark dans Wonderful Town l?Op ra de Toulon. He also performs as a singer in different concerts like Welcome to Broadway at Philharmonie de Paris or Once upon a time Broadway at Palais des Congr s de Paris.