Udo Dahmen (born 12 July 1951 in Aachen, West Germany) is a drummer, author and CEO of the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg.

Udo Dahmen studied classical percussion in Aachen and Cologne from 1971 to 1976.

As a session drummer, Dahmen played together with different popular acts such as Kraan, Eberhard Schöner (feat.

Sting, Gianna Nannini, Nina Hagen, Jack Bruce, Gary Brooker), Sarah Brightman, Lake, Inga Rumpf, Charly Mariano and many more.

From 1983 to 2003 Udo Dahmen was professor at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg.