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Giusto Pio

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Giusto Pio (born 11 January 1926, Castelfranco Veneto, Italy - died 12 February 2017, Castelfranco Veneto, Italy) was an Italian violinist and songwriter. He studied music in Venice and later joined the as a violinist. In the late 1970's and early 1980's, he became popular as a long-standing collaborator of singer-songwriter , who initially hired him as his violin teacher. Apart from working as a producer and musician on several successful albums with Battiato including "L'era del cinghiale bianco" and "La voce del padrone", Pio also collaborated with him as a producer for several singers such as , and . In 1984 Pio, Battiato and lyricist penned the Eurovision Song Contest entry "I treni di Tozeur", performed by Battiato and Alice, which finished 5th in the contest and became a considerable commercial success in Continental Europe and Scandinavia. Pio also released two instrumental LP's also in collaboration with Battiato under his own name, entitled "Legione straniera" (1982) and "Restoration" (1983).