Elsa Mouratidou was born and raised in Thessaloniki, Greece. She started her music studies at the Contemporary Conservatory of Thessaloniki, and joined Ayia Triada Children’s Choir as a child, which had a great impact on her future career. She also studied Greek Literature at the University of Thrace. Elsa continued her studies in Phonetics, with Eleni Mihalopoulou, attending several seminars (with Spyros Sakkas, free vocal improvisation/Savina Yannatou, chorus (χορός) in ancient Greek drama/Michael Marmarinos and more).