Ernest Hin-Leung So (Chinese: 蘇顯亮; born June 1, 1978) is a Hong Kong-born pianist who specialises in the works of lesser-known classical composers such as
Sergei Bortkiewicz,
Leopold Godowsky,
Nikolai Medtner
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,
Jean Wiener,
Déodat de Séverac
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Life
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,
Mario Ruiz Armengol,
Federico Mompou, and
Anatoly Alexandrov,
[Musica Espanola in HK - SCMP 23-06-2009](_blank)
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/ref> among many others, including world premiere recordings of works by Lucien Wurmser
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and Abram Chasins
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Born in Manhattan, New York, he attended the Ethical Culture schoo ...
. So's performances usually include impromptu deliveries on the provenance and contextual background of the pieces he is playing.
Biography
Early in his career, So won the Best Performer Award in Singapore (1995)Manhattan School of Music
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and The Juilliard School in New York, where he studied under Jacob Lateiner
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Early life and studies
Though born on March 31, 1928, Lateiner's father did not get around to registering his birth until May 31 the same year. He was the br ...
, Solomon Mikowsky, Constance Keene
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, and Jonathan Feldman.[Piano Music from Argentina & Mexico in London, 22-09-2012](_blank)
/ref>Jilin Normal University
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, Guangxi University and Jining University. He serves as an Affiliated Fellow at the Morningside College of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.[Asia Piano Japan Co., Ltd.]
[''Interlude'' Touch with Pianist Ernest So]
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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.[Charity Piano Concert Dinner in HK, 22-11-2010 - SCMP 18-11-2010]
/ref>[Ernest So Charity Recital Raises Funds for AKH Love & Care Association 2011]
/ref>[Ernest Charity Piano Concert in HK, South China Morning Post, 23-11-2012]
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He currently lives in London.
References
External links
So website''
''Au Kim Hung Love & Care Association''
''Interlude''
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1978 births
Living people
Classical pianists from Hong Kong
21st-century classical pianists