Ernest So

Early in his career, So won the Best Performer Award in Singapore (1995)^[12] and the Beethoven Trophy (1995).^[12] He later attended the Manhattan School of Music and The Juilliard School in New York, where he studied under Jacob Lateiner, Solomon Mikowsky, Constance Keene, and Jonathan Feldman.^{[12][8][9][10][13][14]} So began touring China intensively in 2014, and has since been appointed as Honorary Professor of Music at numerous universities such as Jilin Normal University,^[15] Guangxi University and Jining University.^[16] He serves as an Affiliated Fellow at the Morningside College of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.^[17] From 2009 to 2019 he served as the Chief Technical Consultant of Asia Piano Japan Co. Ltd., where he oversaw the quality control of the company's piano restoration department.^{[8][14][18][19]}

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.^{[20][21][22][23][24]}

He currently lives in London.

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• Au Kim Hung Love & Care Association
• Music Go Around
• Music & Drama Institute'
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