DCV 334 – Top: Witte Wieven

A unique concert evoking the Nordic lands with a daring amalgamation of a luminous and beloved work by Grieg, and an astonishing composition by Nielsen, framing original works including the astonishing Trumpet Concerto by Canadian composer John Estacio, interpreted here by one of the best trumpeters on the international scene and principal trumpet of the […]

DCV 452 Edward Top Most Beautiful Bird of Paradise Tokyo Sinfonietta and Yasuaki Itakura

DCV 461 Edward Top Confluence Vancouver Erhu Quartet

Chamber works by Joey Roukens and Edward Top are on the program of the DoelenEnsemble at the Dag van de Componist (Dutch Day of the Composer).

"Creativity is an unconscious act of insanity, in a burst of which the truth is born. No matter how beautiful or disgusting it may seem to people far from madness, its value is beyond doubt, both for the author and for those able to sense its invisible beauty. After all, gratitude for endless trials and suffering brings joy and blissful emptiness… Being shocked by music is about pain turning into beauty and getting under your skin, taking away your breath; about everything stopping to move. I want to be scratched inside by sound and experience the fleeting, invisible beauty." - Maxim Shalygin

Education Michael has a degree in English Literature from the State University of New York. Despite having no formal music education, he has an active international career in several aspects of the music business.

Celia Swart (1994, NL) is a new music composer, saxophone player and visual artist. Growing up playing saxophone and piano, she found her love for composing.