caption associated_acts years_active label article_title background birth_date genre image origin name occupation
pietro italy , june 7 , 2012 foresti at the geox theater in padova , tracii marvin etzioni guns , valeria rossi , scott russo , 2002 -- present tre parole pietro foresti
 non_performing_personnel 29 june 1977 rock , pop pietro foresti.jpg milan , italy pietro foresti record producer , engineer , manager
pietro foresti

pietro foresti -lrb- born june 29 , 1977 in milan , italy -rrb- 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 -lrb- l.a. guns , brides of destruction , contraband , guns n ' roses -rrb- , scott russo -lrb- unwritten law -rrb- , and marvin etzioni -lrb- lone justice -rrb- .
his production and engineering colleagues on more than four dozen albums have included sylvia massy shivy -lrb- red hot chili peppers , tool -rrb- , michael c. ross -lrb- christina aguilera , pussycat dolls -rrb- , and joe gastwirt -lrb- neil young , grateful dead , michael jackson -rrb- .
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 .
with rossi , foresti created the record label tre parole .
as producer , foresti was nominated for two music awards in 2010 from the union fonografica independiente -lrb- ufi -rrb- for the album `` the promise '' by the band warrior poet , featuring scott russo .
the album was nominated for `` best rock album '' and `` best alternative rock album . ''
he has been a judge on several italian television talent shows , including `` diventerò una star - e una persona migliore , '' `` la spada d'oro '' -lrb- acireale -rrb- , concorso canoro 's `` note azzurre '' -lrb- cannobio -rrb- , and `` in ... canto a morciano . ''
foresti holds a university degree in musicology from the university of cremona , school of musical philology and paleography , and master 's degree in music therapy from the art-therapy school in lecco .
foresti is also a recognized performance and mental coach , offering assistance to musicians and performers with mental preparation and enhanced focus .
he currently lives in tuscany .
