Zhou Jiannan

Who is Zhou Jiannan?

Zhou Jiannan is a Chinese musician, and zitherist for the popular musical group Twelve Girls Band.

She was born in Beijing, learned to play the pipa at age seven, and the guzheng at age eight. She graduated from the Central Conservatory of Music, and now teaches the erhu at a Beijing university. Her bandmate Zhong Bao, who plays the pipa professionally, is one of Jiannan's students.

She won the gold medal in the Beijing Folk Instrumental Music Tournament in 1996. Her birth date is February 15.

Of the members of Twelve Girls Band, Jiannan acts as something of a leader. She also speaks the best English of anyone in the group.