Born in Penang, Malaysia with her own production house, Magic Nova Productions inKuala Lumpur, Helen Yap is one of the pioneer women from Malaysia who studied modern and jazz music at the prestigious Berklee College of Music, Boston, USA in the early 1980s majoring in Professional Music and Film Scoring. Helen Yap has been in the music industry since 1986, over 30 years of experiencein the Malaysian Music Industry.
Helen Yap is an international multi award winning songwriter, album producer, musician and has written and produced hits for Malaysian artistes such as Dato’ Siti Nurhaliza, Anuar Zain, Anita Sarawak, Shila Amzah, Enie Zakri, Hafiz Suip, Ziana Zain, Jaclyn Victor, Dato Sheila Majid, Alyah, Noraniza Idris, Stacey Anam, Liza Hanim, Nora, Sharizan Borhan, Leonard Tan, Kool, A to Z, Ning Baizura, Nurul Wahab, Fauziah Latiff, Jay Jay, The Alleycats, Sarah Raisuddin, Amy Mastura, Indonesian artistes namely Glen Fredly, Warna, Rida SitaDewi etc. These include Platinum Award for the Album of Malaysian Artiste Siti Sarah 2003 and Anuar Zain’s 2016 Hit single Andainya Takdir, among others.
Helen was the Music Director, Producer and Composer for Anita Sarawak as well as the Music Director/Keyboard Player for the concerts of Shila Amzah and Anita Sarawak, Malaysian TV reality shows such as TV3’s Gangstarz, Bintang RTM, Astro’s Dari Studio, Astro’s Kwek Mambo with Anita Sarawak, Astro’s Planet Gempak nationwide tour and Festival Filem Malaysia. She was also the Music Director for numerous artistes for their shows and concerts such as the late Sudirman, Harvey Malaiholo, Misha Omar, Alyah, Hafiz AF, Erra Fazira, Nora, Dato Siti Nurhaliza, Liza Hanim, Mas Idayu, Ziana Zain, Jay Jay, Ningbaizura, Fauziah Latiff, Ramlah Ram, Dato Sharifah Aini etc. as well as for TV3’s Lazada Supershow and Festival Filem Malaysia.
Helen also composed We All Will, theme song for The 7th World Summit Media for Children 2014. She arranged and produced the song Standing in the Eyes of the World for US Embassy Kuala Lumpur, In Glory We Celebrate, theme song for The 21st Sea Games in 2001.
Helen also appeared on Radio Television Malaysia (RTM) 2016 Morning talk show “Selamat Pagi Malaysia”, “All Berita Nasional on RTM 1 News signature theme id” .
Helen Yap is also a regular judge on Malaysian reality TV shows include TV3’s Anugerah Juara lagu, TV3’s Mentor RTM’s Bintang RTM, Rentak Juara Band competitions.