周凌燕,1982年11月出生于江苏启东。八岁开始学习二胡。1994年考入南京艺术学院附中,师从著名二胡演奏家、教育家杨易禾教授。2000年在南京艺术学院音乐厅成功举办首次二胡独奏音乐会,同年出访台湾地区巡回演出,获得广泛好评。2001年以优异的成绩考入中央音乐学院,师从著名二胡演奏家、教育家赵寒阳教授,并跟随李恒教授副修板胡。大学期间加入“中国青年民族乐团”,担任二胡声部首席。于2005年被中央音乐学院免试推荐攻读硕士研究生。2005年荣获“中录杯”国际二胡比赛青年专业组三等奖、“文华杯”中国民族器乐大赛组合银奖。
Lingyan Zhou was born in Qidong, Jiangsu in November 1982. She started to learn Erhu when she was eight. In 2000, Lingyan successfully held the first Erhu solo concert in the Nanjing Arts Institute Concert Hall. In 2001, she was admitted at the Beijing Central Conservatory Of Music with an outstanding result where she studied with renown professor Hanyang Zhao. During her University, Lingyan joined the China Youth National Orchestra, accompanying many successful large-scale activities at inside and outside China。