Lang-Lessing received the Ferenc Fricsay Award at age 24.
He started his career at the Hamburg State Opera as an assistant conductor.
[1] 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.
[2][3] 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.