Rebecca Lang
equal measures of passion, grace and precision
Ian Patterson – The Thin Air
German-Australian conductor Rebecca Lang is undoubtedly one of the most versatile and charismatic artists of her generation.
Born in country Victoria (she has very little recollection), growing up in Melbourne (still one of her favourite cities in the world), Ms Lang is a former piano student of Mack Jost AM, Caroline Almonte and Dr. Elyane Laussade. She holds a Bachelor of Music Performance (Piano) from the Victorian College of the Arts, a Licentiate in Music (Piano) from the Australian Music Examinations Board, a Post-Graduate Diploma in Education (Dean’s Honours) from the University of Melbourne and a Masters in Orchestral Conducting from the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg (yes, she still loves universities).
Since relocating to Germany in 2006, she has continued her extensive work as Musical Director, Pianist and Vocal Coach. While completing her Conducting Studies under Professor Christof Perick (former General Music Director, State Theatre Nuremberg), Ms Lang simultaneously held the position of Music Director at SeeLive Tivoli Hamburg. Career highlights have included new productions of Britten's THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA at the Staatsoper Hamburg, Tchaikovsky's EUGENE ONEGIN and Massenet's CENDRILLON at Her Majesty’s Theatre in Melbourne (directed by Cameron Menzies) and Stravinsky’s L'OISEAU DE FEU with the Hamburger Symphoniker. In 2011 Ms Lang held the position of Conductor and Coach at the Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landestheater Flensburg where she conducted several performances of Lloyd Webber’s EVITA and Lerner & Loewe's MY FAIR LADY (directed by Artistic Director Peter Grisebach). In 2012 she accepted the position of Acting Music Director and Conductor at Stage Entertainment’s Theater am Potsdamer Platz Berlin, where she conducted Udo Lindenberg’s long running hit musical HINTERM HORIZONT. In 2014 Ms Lang was appointed Head of Music and Conductor at Theater Hof GmbH in Bavaria where her conducting repertoire included Offenbach's LA VIE PARISIENNE and Richard O'Brien's Cult-Musical THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW, directed by Artistic Director Reinhardt Friese. 2015 - 2017 Ms Lang was engaged as Musical Director and Chief Conductor of Michael Reed's ICH WAR NOCH NIEMALS IN NEW YORK for Stage Entertainment at Theater des Westens Berlin, the Deutsches Theater in Munich and the Raimund Theater in Vienna.
In 2018 Ms Lang's collaborative instrumental ensemble, the KREUZBERGER KAMERATA performed the world premiere of Cyrus Meurant's HERAKLEITOS at the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg to critical acclaim. In October of the same year Rebecca Lang took up the post as Director of Music at theLeuphana Universityin Lüneburg. She has since used this position to undertake the curation of various concerts and digital performances featuring female, queer, black, non-binary and contemporary composers. She is passionate about inter-disciplinary music performance and maintains an active performing career. In September 2021, Ms Lang conducted Cameron Menzies' new production of Giacomo Puccini's LA BOHÈME for NI Opera in Belfast to critical acclaim. In 2022 she co-produced and performed Jason Robert Brown's THE LAST FIVE YEARS with German Musical Stars ZODWA SELELE and SIMON PATERNO. Ms Lang returned to Belfast in September of the same year to conduct Verdi’s LA TRAVIATA after enjoying a tremendously successful season of Puccini’s TOSCA in her West Australian Opera debut with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra.
