Lang-Lessing was born in
Gelsenkirchen,
North Rhine-Westphalia,
Germany. His father was a
pediatrician, and his mother was a
physical therapist. He had three older sisters. Lang-Lessing received the Ferenc Fricsay Award at age 24. He started his career at the
Hamburg State Opera as an assistant conductor. He subsequently became resident conductor at the
Deutsche Oper Berlin. He was chief conductor of the
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra from 2004 to 2011. He has served as chief conductor and artistic director of the Opera National de Lorraine. Lang-Lessing was the music director of the
San Antonio Symphony from 2010 to 2020. Together with
Niki Vasilakis and the
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra Lang-Lessing was nominated for the 2006
ARIA Award for
Best Classical Album for the album
Mendelssohn, Bruch, Ravel. ==Awards and nominations==