Karl Zumpe (20 May 1924 – 15 November 2001) was a German musician and long-time director of the Gewandhaus Leipzig.
After passing the Notabitur, Zumpe was drafted into military service at the age of eighteen.
Under Zumpe's tenure, the various concert series and forms, some of which still exist today, were introduced, as were the annual visitor debates before each new season.
He summarised the history of the Gewandhaus and its activities in his two-volume dissertation, on the basis of which he was awarded a doctorate in 1981.
In his tenure over a period of 41 years, Zumpe exercised his office under the conductors Konwitschny, Neumann and Masur.