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Born in The Netherlands in 1972 Edward Top started playing the violin when he was eight. He studied violin at the Rotterdam Conservatoire where he graduated with honours studying composition with Peter-Jan Wagemans. He worked with composers Pierre Boulez, Luciano Berio, Peter Eötvös, and Klaas de Vries. Wolfgang Rihm, along with George Crumb, has been a major influence on his early work. After extensive travels in the Far East he settled in London, England, where he did a Master’s in musicology at King’s College London. He currently lives in Vancouver where he is the Composer-in-Residence with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.
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