<!-- EDIT BELOW THIS LINE -->'''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 <ref name=Musica>[[http://www.scmp.com/article/684586/planner Musica Espanola in HK - SCMP 23-06-2009]]</ref> <ref>"Music{{cite ofnews| title =Argentina". Music| page=C5|work=HKEJ ( |___location=Hong Kong):p. C5. |date=23-03-2012}}</ref> <ref name=GuangxiU>[[http://news.gxnu.edu.cn/newscontent.php?news_id=3069 Guangxi Normal University, Ernest So Concert on9on 9-11-2008]]</ref> <ref name=Piano>[[http://www.scmp.com/article/724884/arts Piano Recital by Ernest So in HK - SCMP 16-09-2010]]</ref> <ref name=BKK>[[http://bkkexpat.blogspot.co.uk/2012_05_01_archive.html Goethe Institut in Bangkok, Thailand, 08-05-2012]]</ref> <ref name=A&B>[[http://www.alexanderandbuonofestival.com/faculty.asp The Alexander and Buono Festival]]</ref> <ref name=LO_OTRO>[[http://http://lootro.com/solos/conciertos/ernest-so/ LO OTRO]]</ref> <ref name=Brunei>[[http://bruneishines.com/event_details.php?event_id=542&title=MUSIC:%20Ernest%20So%20with%20Romantic%20Piano%20Music%20from%20France,%20Brazil%20and%20Argentina&date=2012-09-14&rp_id=1533 Ernest So with RomaticRomantic Piano Music in Brunei, 14-09-2012]]</ref>, among many others. So's performances usually include with impromptu deliveries on the provenance and contextual background of the pieces he is playing.
==Biography==
Currently living in London,So was a young winner of both the Best Performer Award in Singapore (1995)<ref name= piano>[[http://www.mditalent.com/ernest_so.html/ Music & Drama Institute]]</ref> and later the Beethoven Trophy (1995)<ref name= piano>[http://www.mditalent.com/ernest_so.html/ Music & Drama Institute]</ref>, 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 <ref name=A&B>[http://www.alexanderandbuonofestival.com/faculty.asp The Alexander and Buono Festival]</ref> <ref name=LO_OTRO>[PianoMusichttp://http://lootro.com/solos/conciertos/ernest-so/ LO OTRO]</ref> <ref name=Brunei>[http://bruneishines.com/event_details.php?event_id=542&title=MUSIC:%20Ernest%20So%20with%20Romantic%20Piano%20Music%20from%20France,%20Brazil%20and%20Argentina&date=2012-09-14&rp_id=1533 Ernest So with Romantic Piano Music in Brunei, 14-09-2012]</ref> <ref name= piano>[http://www.mditalent.com/ernest_so.html/ Music & Drama Institute]</ref> <ref name=Piano Music fm Argentina>[http://www.meetup.com/piano-68/events/82973672/ Piano Music from Argentina & Mexico in London, 22-09-2012]]</ref> <ref name=Music&D>[[http://fujiasia.silver.yp.com.hk/index_main.php?charset=eng/ Asia Piano technical consultant and spokesman]]</ref>. 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 <ref name=A&B>[http://www.alexanderandbuonofestival.com/faculty.asp The Alexander and Buono Festival]</ref> <ref name=Music&D>[http://fujiasia.silver.yp.com.hk/index_main.php?charset=eng/ Asia Piano technical consultant and spokesman]</ref> <ref name=Asia>[http://asiapianojapan.jp/home.php Asia Piano Japan Co., Ltd].]</ref> <ref name=Interlude>[[http://www.interlude.hk/front/in-touch-with-pianist-ernest-so-the-musical-aesthete-by-cathy-hung/ ''Interlude'' Touch with Pianist Ernest So]]</ref>.
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 <ref name = SCMP10>[[http://www.scmp.com/article/730767/around-town Charity Piano Concert Dinner in HK, 22-11-2010 - SCMP 18-11-2010]]</ref> <ref name = Charity>[[http://auditoryscenes.com/journal/?p=784 Ernest So Charity Recital Raises Funds for AKH Love & Care Association 2011]]</ref> <ref name = SCMP12>[[http://www.scmp.com/business/article/1088539/tamar-project-where-did-it-all-go-wrong-government-hq Ernest Charity Piano Concert in HK, South ChinaMorningChina Morning Post, 23-11-2012]]</ref> <ref name=Charity2012>[[http://www2.akhlovecare.org.hk/?cat=5 Ernest So Charity Recital Raises Funds for AKH Love & Care Association 2012]]</ref> <ref name=Qingyuan>[[http://akhlovecare.blogspot.hk/2010/05/blog-post_30.html Ernest So Visited Qingyuan China – Children's Village]]</ref>
