Dutch composer (born 1972)
Edward Top
Siemon Edward Top (born 1 January 1972 in Ommen ) is a Dutch composer .
Top studied violin and composition with Peter-Jan Wagemans at the Rotterdam Conservatoire. He won the Dutch prize for composition in 1999. He also studied composition with Klaas de Vries . After his graduation he studied music theory and analysis at King's College London .
During the Dutch Music Days of 2004 he won the Henriëtte Bosmans Prize for his orchestra work Marble Sparks .[ 1] [ 2] He also won the 2003 Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award at the University of Illinois for his String Quartet Nr. 1 .[ 3]
Most of his music has been published by Donemus in Amsterdam.
Selected works
Stillpoint (1995)
Overwhelming Blankness of the Ultimate Meaninglessness of Tragedy (1996)
String Quartet Nr. 1 (1998)[ 3]
Silk Execution (1999)
Symphony Gouden Draak (2000)[ 4]
Sonate for violin and piano (2001)
Piano Trio "en weende hij bitter" (Dutch: And He Wept Bitterly) (2001)
String Quartet Nr. 2 "Das Lied der Schwermuth" (2002)
Most Beautiful Bird of Paradise (2003)[ 5]
Marble Sparks (2004)[ 1] [ 2]
34 - Concerto for electric guitar and wind orchestra (2006)
Jimmy (2007)[ 6]
Concerto for violin and two orchestras (2007)[ 7]
Honors and awards
1999 - Composition Prize, Rotterdam Conservatoire
2003 - Martirano Award, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
2004 - Bosmans Prize, Netherlands Music Days, Utrecht
2006 - Atahualpa Award, National University of Lanús , Buenos Aires
2007 - New Millennium Award, Birmingham Conservatoire
2008 - Toonzetters
References
^ a b Society of Dutch Composers: Edward Top winner of the Henriëtte Bosmans Prize for 2004
^ a b Dame J: Muziekdagen, óók om te kijken (Dutch: Music Days, also for viewing), Haagsche Courant , January 13, 2004
^ a b Salvatore Martirano Award, Composition-Theory Division, School of Music Archived 2006-09-11 at the Wayback Machine , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
^ Van de Kamp W: Componisten brengen het verhaal terug (Dutch: Composers reintroduce the story), Haagsche Courant , June 6, 2002
^ Van der Ven A: Nieuwe muziek in de greep van Messiaen (Dutch: New music captured by Messiaen), Haagsche Courant , January 13, 2003
^ Fiumara A: Kamerbreed theater (Dutch: Chamber wide theater), Trouw , April 17, 2007
^ Groot R: Nieuw vioolconcert Edward Top is topstuk Archived 2011-07-12 at the Wayback Machine (Dutch: New violin concerto Edward Top is top piece), Haarlems Dagblad , December 11, 2007
External links
Media related to Edward Top at Wikimedia Commons
International National Artists Other