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Ernest Hin-Leung So (Chinese: 蘇顯亮; born 1st June 1978) is a Hong Kong-born, international concert pianist who specialises in the works of lesser-known classical composers such as Sergei Bortkiewicz, Leopold Godowsky and Nikolai Medtner [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8], among many others. So's performances usually include with impromptu deliveries on the provenance and contextual background of the pieces he is playing.
Biography
[edit]Currently living in London,So was a young winner of both the Best Performer Award in Singapore (1995)[9] and later the Beethoven Trophy (1995)[9], before attending The Juilliard School in New York, where he studied under the late Jacob Lateiner, among other teachers including Solomon Mikowsky, the late Constance Keene, and Jonathan Feldman [6] [7] [8] [9] Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page). [10]. So is an Honorary Professor of Music at Guangxi University and has also been a teacher of Music History and a piano instructor at the Music and Drama Institute in Hong Kong. He is currently the Chief Technical Consultant of Asia Piano Japan Co. Ltd., where he is responsible for overseeing the quality control and technical aspects of reconditioning Yamaha pianos [6] [10] [11] [12].
When he is not performing, So devotes much of his time working with the Au Kim Hung Love & Care Association to provide charitable support for school-building and scholarship projects in impoverished areas of mainland China [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]
References
[edit]- ^ Musica Espanola in HK - SCMP 23-06-2009
- ^ "Argentina Music". HKEJ. Hong Kong. 23-03-2012. p. C5.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Guangxi Normal University, Ernest So Concert on 9-11-2008
- ^ Piano Recital by Ernest So in HK - SCMP 16-09-2010
- ^ Goethe Institut in Bangkok, Thailand, 08-05-2012
- ^ a b c The Alexander and Buono Festival
- ^ a b LO OTRO
- ^ a b Ernest So with Romantic Piano Music in Brunei, 14-09-2012
- ^ a b c Music & Drama Institute
- ^ a b Asia Piano technical consultant and spokesman
- ^ Asia Piano Japan Co., Ltd.
- ^ Interlude Touch with Pianist Ernest So
- ^ Charity Piano Concert Dinner in HK, 22-11-2010 - SCMP 18-11-2010
- ^ Ernest So Charity Recital Raises Funds for AKH Love & Care Association 2011
- ^ Ernest Charity Piano Concert in HK, South China Morning Post, 23-11-2012
- ^ Ernest So Charity Recital Raises Funds for AKH Love & Care Association 2012
- ^ Ernest So Visited Qingyuan China – Children's Village