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FOUNDERS
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Richard LAUB
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Richard Laub was born in the west of Austria
at the Lake of Constance in 1975, spent his youth
in South Africa and graduated from high school
in Germany.
During his studies of law and philosophy at the
Universities of Vienna and Leuven/Belgium he worked
for the Bregenz Festival, which stages spectacular
opera productions on the world's largest lake
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After graduating with a specialization in the field
of cultural law, he began his doctoral thesis on theatre
and copyright law, worked for the Austrian Trade Organization
in Tokyo/Japan and as a legal advisor for refugees in
Vienna.
Aiming to combine his expertise as a lawyer with his
passion for the arts, he is currently lending his services
to various cultural institutions such as the ORF (the
Austrian broadcasting corporation), the Tanzquartier,
one of the most renowned dance houses in Europe and
the Schauspielhaus, Vienna's leading avant-garde theatre.
As the chairman and co-founder of Via Musica he aims
to encourage intercultural dialogue in one of the world's
cultural capitals.
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