Richard Laugs

Richard Laugs (10 March 1907 in Hagen - 1978 in Mannheim) was a well-known German conductor and pianist.

Laugs was the son of conductor . He studied in Munich and Berlin under both and Artur Schnabel amongst others. After his academic studies he undertook a concert tour as a pianist and worked as a Répétiteur in Hannover and Berlin.

From 1945 to 1951 Laugs was the first Kapellmeister at the Nationaltheater Mannheim (Nationaltheater Mannheim). He attained a university teaching position at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Mannheim (Mannheim University of Music and Performing Arts) and became its president in 1951. In 1955 he became a professor.

In 2000 his widow and the Mannheimer law professor created the (Beethoven piano competition Richard Laugs) in Laugs' memory.