Born in The Netherlands in 1972 Top has lived and worked in London since 2003. He has received commissions of the Schoenberg Ensemble, Holland Symfonia, Calefax and the Birmingham Conservatoire, and his works are performed by Standing Wave Vancouver, Tokyo Sinfonietta, San Diego New Music, the Doelen String Quartet and the Dutch Radio Kamer Filharmonie. Having received several prizes for his compositions, recently he was nominated for best work of 2008 in The Netherlands during the Toonzetters competition for aliquid stat pro aliquo, which was performed live on the Dutch national radio by Vocaal LAB Nederland.