Perry So

One of the inaugural Dudamel Conducting Fellows at the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Associate Conductor of the Hong Kong Philharmonic, Perry So makes his debuts this season at the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Danish Opera as well as returning to the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan and the Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias. He received the first and special prizes at the Fifth International Prokofiev Conducting Competition (held in St Petersburg) in 2008, only the third time the top prize has been awarded.

The 2010/11 season saw his debuts with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Australian Youth Orchestra, Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and Cape Philharmonic Orchestra. He also made return visits to the Los Angeles Philharmonic (at the Hollywood Bowl) and the Noord Nederlands Orkest. In the USA he has conducted productions of Die Zauberflöte, Cosí fan tutte, Giulio Cesare and Turn of the Screw at the Opera Theatre of Yale College, as well as giving regular appearances with the Yale Collegium, leading from the harpsichord.