Rainer Kunad (24 October 1936, Chemnitz – 17 July 1995, Reutlingen)[1] was a German conductor and composer, especially of opera.

Kunad studied choir and ensemble conducting at the Dresden Conservatoire from 1955 to 1956 and then, until 1959, composition with Fidelio F. Finke and Ottmar Gerster at the Musikhochschule in Leipzig.

[1] From 1960 to 1974, he directed theatrical music at the Staatsschauspiel Dresden, and 1971 onward, he also worked at the Berlin State Opera.

Kunad composed piano pieces, chamber and orchestral music and operas (among others, Bill Brook, according to a story by Wolfgang Borchert and Der Meister und Margarita after the novel by Mikhail Bulgakov).

Operas Ballets Symphonies Concertos Orchestral Chamber music: Vocal music Oratorios Sacred oratorios Mystery plays Sacred symphonies