Philipp Stein studied musicology, music education and management studies in Vienna and Hamburg. A variety of roles has taken him from the Wiener Konzerthaus via Klangforum Wien and Jeunesse – Musikalische Jugend Österreichs back to Germany, where he was Managing Dramaturg at the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. From 2011 to 2017 he was the personal consultant of the General and Artistic Director of the Elbphilharmonie, initially responsible for setting up the music education programme and programming the «Greatest Hits» festival. He then took charge of the digitisation of the Elbphilharmonie during the opening phase. Since summer 2018, Philipp Stein has been Operative Executive Director of Grafenegg Kulturbetriebsgesellschaft m.b.H.