臺灣高雄人，自從事音樂創作以來，累積作曲作品約2000首，各類編曲作品近5000首，唱片製作約110張，大型劇場作品一百多部；自開始其職業演奏生涯以來，累積演出經歷逾2000場次以上。曾44次入圍金曲獎，並於第二十三屆及二十七屆金曲獎榮獲最佳作曲人及創作獎，2015年獲香港舞蹈年獎最佳年度舞蹈音樂獎，兩次獲『中國十大發燒唱片』最佳古典音樂演奏專輯，入圍2010年『華語金曲獎』最佳古典音樂演奏專輯。曾獲1999年美國國際爵士豎琴大賽第三名，並為此項比賽舉辦二十一年來第一位亞洲獲獎者。

現任灣聲樂團音樂總監暨駐團作曲家。曾任2016年台灣國樂團駐團作曲家，第28-30屆傳藝金曲獎音樂總監。

Lee Che-yi has composed about 2,000 works and arranged nearly 5,000 works of various types. His works include musical theatre, dance drama, stage play, all kinds of cross-border theatre, children's drama, film and TV commercial soundtracks. Since the beginning of his professional career, he has conducted more than 2,000 performances and has composed songs, arrangements, and soundtracks for hundreds of professional performing groups, both at home and abroad. He has also performed at dozens of international arts festivals and has produced about 110 albums.

Lee has been nominated for the Golden Melody Awards (GMA) 40 times. He won the Best Composer Award at the 23rd GMA and the Best Creation Award at the 27th GMA. He also received the Best Annual Dance Music Award at the Hong Kong Dance Awards in 2015, and the Best Classical Music Album Award of China’s Top Ten Hot Records twice. He was one of the finalists in the Chinese Music Awards 2010 for the Best Classical Music Album Award.

Now serving as Music Director and Resident Composer of One Song Orchestra, Lee was Resident Composer of National Chinese Orchestra Taiwan in 2016, and Music Director of the 28th to 30th Golden Melody Awards for Traditional Arts and Music.