Rudolf Neuhaus (3 January 1914 − 7 March 1990) was a German conductor.
Born in Cologne, Neuhaus studied at the Musikhochschule Köln, especially with Hermann Abendroth.
[1] In 1945 he came to Schwerin and worked there as a conductor until 1953, and from 1950 he succeeded Hans Gahlenbeck as Generalmusikdirektor of the Mecklenburgische Staatskapelle.
He became a member of the Christian Democratic Union (East Germany).
His students included Hans-Peter Kirchberg [de] and Udo Zimmermann.