Since the age of 13, Andreas Schmidt received piano lessons and later, for several years, additional saxophone training. His piano teachers, Aki Takase (Japan) and Walter Norris (USA), encouraged him to devote himself fully to jazz piano, composing, and arranging even before he began his studies. He then performed in television productions and concerts in Germany. From 1993 to 1998, Schmidt studied at the jazz department of the University of the Arts Berlin.
Andreas Schmidt gained attention as a young jazz pianist with the CD Haiku, which he recorded with the quartet consisting of Jerry Granelli (drums), Rudi Mahall (bass clarinet), Lee Konitz, and Schmidt, and for which he composed all the pieces. In 1995, Andreas Schmidt received a composition scholarship from the Berlin Senate, spent six months in New York City, and worked there with Jim Black, Jane Ira Bloom, D. D. Jackson, Susie Ibarra, and Joe Fiedler. It was also during this time that he first met pianist Paul Bley, who motivated him to collaborate with bassist Gary Peacock. The joint project resulted in the CD berlin, released in 1999.
Andreas Schmidt's projects have brought him together with various artists such as the Lisa Bassenge Trio, Katja Riemann, and Ute Lemper. In New York, he played with Connie Crothers, Sheila Jordan, Jimmy Halperin, and others. Schmidt regularly performs on Mondays at the Berlin jazz club A-Trane with advanced jazz musicians such as Lee Konitz, Till Brönner, David Friedman, Jeanfrançois Prins, or young musicians.