Born in Essen, Beimel studied at the Folkwang Hochschule in his hometown, composition with Konrad Grahe and viola with Karin Wolff.
He continued his studies from 1988 to 1992, instrumental pedagogy (Instrumentalpädagogik) at the Hochschule für Musik im Rheinland.
His research was devoted from 1991 to new music in Romania and Eastern Europe, and from 2003 also to Latin America.
He received a scholarship for work and production by the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW [de], together with Gunda Gottschalk, which they used for the audio play Das Paradies.
In 2001, Beimel's music for a stage production of Kafka's In der Strafkolonie was first performed, again in Wuppertal.