Alicia MARAVELIA: Although a recognized Egyptologist (PhD in the University of Limoges, 2004) and Astronomer (PhD in the University of Athens, 1997), with an initial BSc in Physics (University of Thessaloniki, 1988), Founder and Director of the Hellenic Institute of Egyptology, Co-Ordinator of two Research Projects and prolific author of more than 145 paper, books and reviews, she is also very fond of Music and the History of Music. She has studied Byzantine Music in Thessaloniki and Athens and wrote a book of Propria (Akolouthia) to honour the memory of Saint Alice/Alexandra of Russia (the Passion-Bearer). She specializes in the enharmonion genos of the Oktoechos and is very interested in the relations and interactions of the Arabic and Ottoman Maqam with the various modes (echoi) of Byzantine Music.