Gerhard Rohde (9 September 1931 – 25 February 2015) was a German music critic.
After his studies, he wrote as a free critic for music and theatre for regional newspapers and the magazine Musikalische Jugend.
Rohde remained a freelance writer for the FAZ until the end of his life, also with contributions to cultural policy.
From 1968 to 2007, Rohde was editor-in-chief of the Neue Musikzeitung (nmz), which had emerged from the Musikalische Jugend, after which he joined the editorial board.
On 20 February 2015, Rohde was awarded the "Happy New Ears Prize for Journalism of the Hans and Gertrud Zender Foundation for his contributions to New Music at the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts.