Philipp Tröstl was born in Klagenfurt/Austria and studied Guitar and Composition for the Media at the University of Music in Vienna and at the University of Miami/USA.

He works as a composer for movies, theater and TV. He also writes and arranges music for various ensembles including “ensemble reconsil” a. o.

Since 2014 he has been working as an arranger and musical assistant of Matthias Bauer for the “Sommerspiele Melk”.

In 2015 he joined the group of composers for Georg Riha’s long term project “Über Österreich”, a series of short films on austrian cultural and natural sights.

Philipp Tröstl also works as a musician performing his own compositions.