Giovanni Rossi (August 5, 1828 – March 31, 1886) was an Italian composer, conductor, organist, and music educator. He was director of the Parma Conservatory from 1864 through 1874. An opera conductor, he was a conductor at the Teatro Regio di Parma before working as director of both the Teatro Carlo Felice and the Liceo Musicale in Genoa from 1874 until his death in 1886.