Gordon Lee won the championship at the World Harmonica Festival in Germany in 2017. He studied under Howard Levy from the United States, Franz Chmel from Austria, and Tak-wai Cheng the faculty of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Master's degree.
Lee has performed extensively in Asia, the Americas, Europe, and with internationally renowned orchestras. He has also made solo performances in Hong Kong's popular music concerts, television, and movies. In 2022, he held Hong Kong's first-ever solo harmonica concert at the Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall, and was recognized as a "world-class performer" by the ITCA, a renowned international organisation of critics.