Born in Marseille in 1988, Léa Legros Pontal now lives in Bern and works as a freelancer. She completed her bachelor's degree with distinction at the Conservatoire Supérieur in Lyon in 2012. She completed her two master's degrees in performance and orchestra at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts with Isabel Charisius and Sylvia Zucker. 
She performs with various orchestras, such as the Basel Sinfonietta and the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse. She is also principal viola of the Camerata Ataremac in Lausanne and a member of the Bern Chamber Orchestra (BKO).
Since her studies in Lyon, Léa has developed a keen interest in early music and its performance practice. She studied baroque viola with Sabine Stoffer at the Bern Conservatory and performs with various ensembles.
Since 2022, she has been a member of the Strasbourg ensemble collective lovemusic, which specialises in contemporary music and was awarded the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation Ensemble Prize in 2025.