Edward Top

Edward Top was born The Netherlands in 1972, lived and worked in London for seven years, and has now relocated to Vancouver. He has received commissions from the Schoenberg Ensemble, Holland Symfonia, Calefax, and the Birmingham Conservatoire, and his works are performed by Tokyo Sinfonietta, San Diego New Music, the Doelen String Quartet, and the Dutch Radio Kamer Filharmonie. In 2008 he was nominated for the Toonzetters Award for the best contemporary music in The Netherlands. He is currently working on commissions by the Raschèr Saxophone Quartet and the Doelen Ensemble in Rotterdam.