The Andino is the culmination of a dream shared by two clarinetists on two continents; a dream that has come to fruition with the design expertise of Luis Rossi. The result is an affordably priced clarinet with acoustical characteristics worthy of a professional instrument.
About Luis Rossi
Luis Rossi is an internationally renowned clarinetist. He performed as Principal clarinetist in symphony orchestras throughout South America for twenty years before he founded a clarinet workshop in Santiago, Chile, in 1986. Since then he has also focused on his work as a soloist and has offered master classes at institutions such as Indiana University (Bloomington, USA), Michigan State University (Lansing, USA), Ohio State University (Columbus, USA), Royal College of Music (London, England), the International Clarinet Connection (New England Conservatory, Boston, USA) and the Belgian Clarinet Academy (Ostend Conservatory). He has recorded four compact discs using Rossi Rosewood and African Blackwood clarinets.
The professional Rossi clarinet is the instrument of choice for artists throughout the world. In his 20 years of making clarinets, Mr. Rossi has become one of the very few clarinet designers in the world, and an acknowledged expert in clarinet acoustics.
In 2005, Mr. Rossi teamed up with Gemstone to develop a high quality student model clarinet. The result of this collaboration is the Andino. Although an affordably priced student model instrument, the Andino clarinet has a common heritage with the world-class Rossi clarinets.