Dr. Evangelia Chaldaeaki (Ptychio in Turkish Language, Philology and History, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens – 2014; MA in Folklore Studies from the same University – 2017) received her doctorate from the Department of Turkish and Modern Asian Studies of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in 2022 with a dissertation titled Folk music in the Turkish and Greek musical collections of late Ottoman era: Popular culture and intercommunal relations (in Greek). She is an experienced researcher and has conducted extensive historical work through archival research, while at the same time being an active musician. Most of her work concerns archival research around her areas of studies, like Greek and Turkish music, culture and folklore. She holds a Diploma in Byzantine music, while she also teaches singing at the Center of Greek Music “Fivos Anogianakes” and takes part in concerts either as a soloist or with her choir “Fivos Anogianakes”. She has received several distinctions for her work. During the academic year 2015-2016 she was a scholar of the Sasakawa Young Leaders Fund (SYLFF) and between years 2019-2021 of the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (H.F.R.I.). Her master thesis titled K. A. Psachos and his contribution to recording and studying Greek folk songs (in Greek) received the 2018 Kaftantzoglio Award. Also, it was published in 2017 as a monography from Edition Orpheus.