Rüdiger Pawassar (b. 1964, Lübeck, Germany) is a German percussionist and composer. He has performed with the Staatsorchester in Kassel, Germany, since 1990. His influences include composers Luigi Nono, Iannis Xenakis, and Mauricio Kagel, and he participated in a masterclass with world-renowned marimba artist Leigh Howard Stevens in 1982.