Stephan Schulte was born in 1958 in Essen, Germany.
- since 1972 he has played classical guitar
- 1980/82 piano studies a the Folkwang Hochschule Essen
- 1989/90 supernumerary parts at the Aalto Theater Essen
- 1993/2000 composition and arranging studies with Hans-Werner Schneider in Oberhausen, Germany.
- 2005/07 composition and arranging studies with Peter Gahn in Düsseldorf, Germany
- 2007/08 composition and applied jazz harmony studies with Pascal Schweren in Essen
- 2007 saxophone studies with Karlos Boes in Essen.

Seit 2005 Mitglied bei musik21 Düsseldorf (Verein zur Förderung zeitgenössischer Musik)