Sebastian Lang-Lessing Explained

Sebastian Lang-Lessing
Genre:	opera

Sebastian Lang-Lessing (born 1966) is a German conductor.

Career

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.^{[1] [2]}

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

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony held by the Australian Recording Industry Association. They commenced in 1987. ! |-| 2006 | Mendelssohn, Bruch, Ravel (with Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra & Niki Vasilakis)| Best Classical Album| | ^[3] |-

External links

• Official homepage of Sebastian Lang-Lessing
• Opus 3 Artists agency page on Sebastian Lang-Lessing

Notes and References

1. News: Meet Maestro Sebastian Lang-Lessing . San Antonio Express-News . Jack Fishman . 2010-02-16 . 2019-03-31 . 2019-03-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190331223620/https://blog.mysanantonio.com/davidfilner/2010/02/meet-maestro-sebastian-lang-lessing/ . dead .
2. News: San Antonio Symphony music director stepping down in 2020 . San Antonio Express-News . Deborah Martin . 2019-03-26 . 2019-03-31.
3. ARIA Award previous winners. Web site: ARIA Awards – Winners by Award. Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 12 November 2018.