Zoltán Kocsis (Hungarian: [ˈzoltaːn ˈkotʃiʃ]; born May 30, 1952) is a Hungarian pianist, conductor, and composer.

Born in Budapest, he started his musical studies at the age of five and continued them at the Béla Bartók Conservatory in 1963, studying piano and composition. In 1968 he was admitted to the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, where he was a pupil of Pál Kadosa and Ferenc Rados.