Born in Florence in 1965, he is an eclectic artist who plays the entire range of saxophones, the clarinet, acts, and sings. He began his studies with his father, a musician and musicologist, and furthered his training at IALS, taking courses in saxophone, voice, harmony, arrangement, and big band.

He earned a First Level Diploma in Jazz Singing from the Conservatorio S. Cecilia in Rome. His education also includes courses in dance, mime, and comic acting.

For over thirty-five years, he has performed on stages in Italy and abroad, giving more than four thousand concerts at festivals, events, and awards shows, and has made numerous television, radio, and theatrical appearances.

He has released 20 albums where he also serves as composer and arranger, and at least as many as a collaborator, artistic director, soloist, singer, and session musician. He is currently active with about ten bands and musical groups. For the past twenty years, he has reviewed children's books for the Salani publishing house.

He regularly holds conferences and courses in saxophone, clarinet, music theory, gospel choir, and ensemble music.

Since 2014, he has been a teacher of singing, music theory, and sight-reading at the International Academy of Theatre, and since 2000, he has taught in various municipal and provincial schools in Rome, as well as offering courses at the ASL in Frascati and Grottaferrata. He also directs innovative courses such as ear training, music for infants, and early childhood music.

Recently, he has intensified his work within mental health centers, with the project in collaboration with the Alchimia association being awarded as the best inclusive project, to be replicated in other municipalities. In addition to teaching, Forti has dedicated himself to various disciplines: a ten-year course on the art of clowning, a collaboration with the Balkan Lab Orkestra, with which he is set to perform at the most important Balkan festival in Guča.

He has made brief film appearances in "Carosello Carosone" and "Il Sol dell'Avvenire" by Moretti.

For years, he has been the artistic director of venues such as Necci and continues to work across the board in music, creating musical situations like concert lessons for children, forming sound collectives, performing house concerts, and organizing residential workshops.