He graduated with Distinction from the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, having studied piano with Max Olding. After winning the piano prize of the ABC’s televised Young Performer of the Year competition and with the aid of an Australia Council grant, he left Australia for studies with Phillip Moll in Berlin and Zelma Bodzin in New York.

Now resident in Berlin, Philip performs regularly throughout Europe, North America and Asia, particularly as an associate artist with leading singers and chamber music partners from orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic, Leipzig Gewandhaus, New York Philharmonic and Sydney Symphony. He has been Musical Director with, among others, the Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg, Schwetzinger Festspiele and the Berliner Kammeroper (including conducting the world première of Lera Auerbach’s a cappella opera “The Blind”).

He is also in demand as a vocal coach, having prepared singers for roles at Bayreuth, Covent Garden, Paris Bastille, Opera Australia, the 3 Berlin opera houses as well as other major houses in Germany, Austria and France. Most recently, his continued association as Guest Coach with the Lisa Gasteen National Opera Program in Australia has resulted in his stage debut as the Haushofmeister in their production, conducted by Simone Young, of Richard Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos.