音樂家雷雨聲，一九三二年六月出生於四川川江一船長之家，曾用名蓉生，自幼喜音樂，一九四八年，發表處女作《黃梅天》，一九四九年，舉家遷居香港，一九五○年，考入東北魯迅文學藝術學院作曲系，師承安波、李劫夫、霍存慧、寄明等，兼習長笛、小提琴，後又從丁鳴習作曲，從曹正習等，一九五六年，畢業後留校任教，期間的作品有高胡與箏三重奏《春天來了》與《對花》、《高胡協奏曲》等民族器樂曲。一九五六年，《春天來了》一曲獲遼寧省新作品獎，並參加第一屆全國音樂周，在莫斯科第六屆「世界青年聯歡節」上獲金質獎章，亦創作不少聲樂作品。一九六○年，調遼寧省歌劇院，一九八四年，調遼寧省歌舞劇院任副院長，一九九○年，任廣州華南師範大學音樂系教授，至退休。
LEI Yu-sheng Born in Sichuan in 1932. He loved music s ince childhood and composed his first work in 1948. He moved to Hong Kong with all his family in 1949. In 1950, he entered the Northeast Arts Institute and learned composing from different composers, and other instruments including flute, violin and zheng. In 1956, he graduated and became a teacher there. In those years, he had made some successful compositions including the “Spring “is Coming”. This piece of work had won many awards in Liaonin Music competition and the music festival in Moscow. Besides, instrumental, Lei also composed many vocal works. In 1960, he started to work in the Liaonin Opera House and became the vice-chairman of the House in 1984. In 1990, he was transferred to Guangzhou until he retired.