Alexandra Karamoutsiou was born in Thessaloniki in 1987. She graduated from the Music Department of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and has recently finished her postgraduate studies at University of Athens on “Music, Culture and Communication”. At present she is a PhD Candidate of the Music Department of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Simultaneously she is playing the violin and singing while she is exploring the field of experimental music, Greek “rebetika” and Cuban music. She has been working as: a violin teacher, music-teacher at primary education, educator at public IEΚ since 2012. Her research interests are focusing on the bilaterally formative relationship between music phenomenon society, politics and philosophy. At the moment she is conducting research on the DIY musical activity of Thessaloniki.