Prof. Udo Dahmen has performed with, among others: Kraan, Lake, Inga Rumpf, Charlie Mariano, Sarah Brightman, Eberhard Schoener, Sting, Nina Hagen, Gianna Nannini, Jack Bruce, and Gary Brooker.
He served as artistic director of the Popakademie for 20 years, was vice president of the German Music Council for 22 years, and is honorary president of the European drummers’ association Percussion Creativ.
Prof. Udo Dahmen studied drums at the Rhineland University of Music in Aachen and Cologne, as well as with Dante Agostini in Paris. He was a lecturer and program director of the part-time degree program in popular music at the University of Music and Theater in Hamburg, and established the Rock/Pop/Jazz program at the Vocational School of Music in Dinkelsbühl.
He headed the drum department at the Popakademie for more than 15 years.