Andreas Daams was born in 1971 in Germany. He studied musicology, German, and philosophy in Cologne and music composition with Professor Manfred Trojahn at the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf. He continued his composition studies with Professor Hans-Jürgen von Bose at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Munich.



He has won prizes in various composition and literature competitions, including: "Ensemblia 95", "Hochschulpreis Düsseldorf 1997", "Moerser Literaturpreis 1999". Kulturpreisträger der Stadt Kevelaer. Förderpreis "Der Pfefferbeisser" 2002.
In 1998 he was the musical director of the MusikTheaterKöln ("Scala nostra"). Several opera projects with the stages of the city of Cologne, of the German Opera on the Rhine; other performances at the EXPO 2000. In 2000 he was recognized by "Musik in Europäischen Gärten" for the composition "Trommelfeuer."
He wrote his thesis on "Markets for and Marketing of so-called New Music in Germany."