Hoi Lei Lei, winner in Percussion (Advanced Level) at the Macao Young Musicians Competition in 1998 and former percussionist of the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, studied percussion under Harmen Cnossen, former musician of the Macao Orchestra. She studied at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in 2004 with a grant from the Macao Foundation, and studied in a M.A. programme at Carnegie Mellon University in 2009, learning from the percussionist of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

Since 2004, Hoi has been the guest musician of the Macao Orchestra, and has made frequent appearances as a guest musician in the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, ShenZhen Symphony Orchestra and Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra.