Meilina Tsui is an award-winning composer, multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, radio producer and presenter, and advocate for youth artistic development. Born in Kazakhstan and raised in Hong Kong, Meilina is a composer who "popularizes Kazakh music tradition (Kazakhstan International News Agency, Kazinform) and writes music that uniquely combines elements of Eurasian and Southeast Asian cultures. She is the first Chinese classical composer of Dungan descent (an underrepresented ethnic minority group from Central Asia) to have received international recognition. 

Tsui earned a B.A. in Music with First-Class Honors from the Chinese University of Hong Kong under the “Hong Kong Jockey Club Scholarship,” a M.Mus. in Composition with Distinction from King’s College London under the “Hong Kong Scholarship for Excellence Scheme,” awarded by the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Government, and a D.M.A. in Composition with High Pass from the University of Michigan under the “Hong Kong Jockey Club Music and Dance Fund,” and the “Composers & Authors Society Hong Kong Scholarship.” At the University of Michigan, Tsui studied with Professors Bright Sheng and Michael Daugherty and was a Graduate Student Instructor of Composition, Music Theory, and Aural Skills.