Pietro Foresti

Pietro Foresti is an Italian music producer, engineer, and manager. His production and engineering credits include work in Los Angeles, California, with numerous major label artists, including Tracii Guns (L.A. Guns, Brides of Destruction, Contraband, Guns N' Roses), Scott Russo (Unwritten Law), and Marvin Etzioni (Lone Justice). His production and engineering colleagues on more than four dozen albums have included Sylvia Massy Shivy (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tool), Michael C. Ross (Christina Aguilera, Pussycat Dolls), Joe Gastwirt (Neil Young, Grateful Dead, Michael Jackson). Foresti is also producer, engineer, and manager for his wife, Italian pop superstar Valeria Rossi, whose hit “Tre Parole” climbed to number one in both the Italian and Spanish charts and was awarded a top prize at the 2002 Italian Music Awards. As producer, Foresti was nominated for two music awards in 2010 from the Union Fonografica Independiente (UFI): “Best Rock Album” and "Best Alternative Rock Album. In 2016 he won the price of Italian "Best Rock Producer of the Year".