Malaysian percussionist Yap Siu Yan has been an active performer in Malaysia, Singapore, Macau and the United States of America since 2009.  She has performed in professional ensembles such as the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra or Malaysia, Macau Orchestra, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Westmoreland Symphony, and the Resonance Works at Pittsburgh.

Other than performing, Siu Yan enjoys teaching too.  She currently serves as the Percussion Lecturer of UCSI, Kuala Lumpur and Mallet Percussion Lecturer of the Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Tanjung Malim.

Siu Yan received her Master of Music Degree in Percussion Performance from the Carnegie Mellon School of Music (USA) in 2015, where she studied with Chris Allen, Jeremy Branson, and Paul Evans.  In 2013, she received her Bachelor Degree in Percussion Performance with First Class Honors from Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music (Singapore), where she studied with Jonathan Fox.  Siu Yan also did a semester of exchange in the Peabody School of Music (USA), where she focused on early music and contemporary music on marimba with marimbist Robert van Sice.  Prior to study percussion seriously, Siu Yan studied privately with the Opera North Principal Timpanist, Paul Philbert.