Ralf Weikert (born 10 November 1940) is an Austrian conductor, especially of operas by Mozart and Rossini. He is an academic teacher of conducting in Luzern.

Born inSankt Florian, Weikert studied at theBruckner conservatory in Linz and theHochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien, conducting withHans Swarowsky.

Weikert was from 1971 a regular conductor at theSalzburg Festival. He held leading positions at theTheater Bonn and theOper Frankfurt. From 1981 to 1984, he wasChefdirigent of theMozarteum Orchestra Salzburg. From 1983 to 1992, he wasMusikdirektor at theOpernhaus Zürich.

He has been a professor of conducting at theMusikhochschule Luzern from 2008.

• Rossini:Tancredi (1985)
• Rossini:Il barbiere di Siviglia (1991)
• The romantic tenor –Francisco Araiza. (1992)
• Rossini:L'italiana in Algeri (1993)
• Mozart:Arien (1993)
• Konzertarien 1972–1983 von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. 1 CD. 1995.
• Deon van der Walt – Portrait (1999)
• Eugen d’Albert:Die toten Augen (2000)
• Rossini:Ouvertüren (2001)

• Andreas Kotte, ed. (2005)."Ralf Weikert".Theaterlexikon der Schweiz / Dictionnaire du théâtre en Suisse / Dizionario Teatrale Svizzero / Lexicon da teater svizzer [Theater Dictionary of Switzerland]. Vol. 3. Zürich: Chronos. pp. 2063–2064.ISBN 978-3-0340-0715-3.LCCN 2007423414.OCLC 62309181.

• Literature by and about Ralf Weikert in theGerman National Library catalogue
• Ralf Weikert rbartists.at

• Austrian male conductors (music)
• Recipients of the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class
• 1940 births
• Living people
• 21st-century Austrian conductors (music)
• 21st-century male musicians