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'''Ernest So''' (Chinese: 蘇顯亮; pinyin: '''''Su Xianliang'''''; Born 1st June 1978; Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong concert pianist who specializes in the works of lesser-known classical composers such as Sergei Bortkiewicz, Leopold Godowsky and Nikolai Medtner, among many others. He attended The Juilliard School<ref name= Juilliard>The Juilliard School</ref> in New York, where he was a student of the of renowned Beethoven scholar Jacob Lateiner<ref name= Jacob>Jacob Lateiner</ref>. Currently living in Hong Kong, Ernest tours internationally and frequently enriches his concert performances with impromptu deliveries on the provenance and contextual background of the pieces he is playing, many of which come from his large collection of rare manuscripts and scores.

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Ernest So is the elder of two children whose father worked as a laboratory chemist in Leeds, Yorkshire. He was born and raised in his parents’ native Hong Kong, where he lived until the family moved to Singapore in 1989, when Ernest was 11. He moved again to New York in 1994 to study briefly at Manhattan School of Music, before completing his studies at The Juilliard School.

Ernest showed early aptitude as a budding pianist soon after starting to play at the age of five, and his mother decided to buy him his first piano before he turned six. He studied locally under a teacher who focused on reinforcing his technique, and he determined to become a professional concert pianist well before he left the Gimh Moh Primary and Secondary School, which he attended until he was 16. During this formative period, Ernest won, first, the Best Performer Award and then the Beethoven Trophy, where he was judged the winner by the renowned Russian pianist Sergei Dorensky. After moving to New York, Ernest studied briefly at Manhattan School of Music, and then chose instead to study at The Juilliard School under Jacob Lateiner<ref name= Jacob>Jacob Lateiner</ref>, who heavily influenced both his musical and personal development. At Juilliard, he was also taught by Jonathan Feldman, and while at Manhattan School of Music his teachers included Solomon Mikowsky and Constance Keene.<ref name= Constance>Constance keene</ref>.

Ernest So also maintains private studios, Atelier des Artistes, in New York City, and in Hong Kong.

Besides being an active concert pianist, Ernest commits time to developing the musical education and performance techniques of younger pianists, having founded Atelier des Artistes in New York in 2000 and then PerformNow in Hong Kong in 2005. He also conducts master-classes and lectures on Beethoven, and is the author of numerous essays on music. Ernest additionally works as a professional consultant on piano manufacture and restoration techniques, working for various leading piano builders and restorers - he is currently the Chief Technical Consultant for Asia Piano Japan<ref name= Piano>Asia Piano</ref> .

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<ref name= Juilliard>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Juilliard_School]</ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Juilliard_School 'The Juilliard School']

<ref name= Jacob>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Lateiner]</ref> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Lateiner 'Jacob Lateiner']

<ref name= Constance>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constance_Keene</ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constance_Keene 'Constance keene']

<ref name= Piano>[http://fujiasia.silver.yp.com.hk/index_main.php?charset=eng]</ref>[http://fujiasia.silver.yp.com.hk/index_main.php?charset=eng'Asia Piano']

<ref name= University>[http://news.gxnu.edu.cn/newscontent.php?news_id=3069]</ref>[http://news.gxnu.edu.cn/newscontent.php?news_id=3069 'Guangxi University News']