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.Society of Dutch Composers: Edward Top winner of the Henriëtte Bosmans Prize for 2004Dame J: Muziekdagen, óók om te kijken (Dutch: Music Days, also for viewing), Haagsche Courant, January 13, 2004 He also won the 2003 Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award at the University of Illinois for his String Quartet Nr. 1.Salvatore Martirano Award, Composition-Theory Division, School of Music , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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) Silk Execution (1999) Symphony Gouden Draak (2000)Van de Kamp W: Componisten brengen het verhaal terug (Dutch: Composers reintroduce the story), Haagsche Courant, June 6, 2002 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)Van der Ven A: Nieuwe muziek in de greep van Messiaen (Dutch: New music captured by Messiaen), Haagsche Courant, January 13, 2003 Marble Sparks (2004) 34 - Concerto for electric guitar and wind orchestra (2006) Jimmy (2007)Fiumara A: Kamerbreed theater (Dutch: Chamber wide theater), Trouw, April 17, 2007 Concerto for violin and two orchestras (2007)Groot R: Nieuw vioolconcert Edward Top is topstuk (Dutch: New violin concerto Edward Top is top piece), Haarlems Dagblad, December 11, 2007
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
External links
Edward Top at Donemus Article on Top at Donemus