Ladislav Burlas (3 April 1927 – 11 February 2024) was a Slovak composer and musicologist.

Born in Trnava on 3 April 1927,[1][2] he completed school there in 1946 and studied from 1946 to 1951, composition with Alexander Moyzes and conducting at the Bratislava Conservatory [de] and musicology at the Comenius University.

He gained a PhD with a dissertation, "Cantus Catholici – prispevok k analýze hudby feudálnej spoločnosti na Slovensku" (Cantus Catholici – a contribution to the analysis of music in the feudal society of Slovakia).

[2] He worked at the Institute of Musicology at the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava from 1951 to 1990,[1] serving as director from 1964 to 1974.

He authored more than 150 books, monographs, scientific texts, articles and reflections.