Amilcare Zanella (26 September 1873 – 9 January 1949) was an Italian composer.

The following year he went to South America, where he worked as an opera conductor and a pianist; upon his return to his native land in 1901, he organized an orchestra that traveled the country giving symphonic concerts.

In 1903 he became director of his alma mater, remaining in the post for two years; in 1905 he was tapped to succeed Pietro Mascagni as head of the Conservatorio Statale di Musica "Gioachino Rossini" in Pesaro.

[1] Zanella's compositional output consisted mainly of orchestral and chamber works.

[2] He also composed three operas; Aura (1910, to a libretto by Ida Finzi), premiered at the Liceo Rossini;[3] La Sulamita (1926, to a libretto by Antonio Lega), premiered at the Teatro Politeama Piacentino in Piacenza;[4] and Il revisore (1940, after The Government Inspector of Nikolai Gogol), premiered at the Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi in Trieste.