Education
Muktupāvels graduated 1980 from the University of Latvia, and acquired a specialty in chemistry in 1983. He completed the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music in 1996 with a doctorate in art criticism.
Muktupāvels graduated 1980 from the University of Latvia, and acquired a specialty in chemistry in 1983. He completed the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music in 1996 with a doctorate in art criticism.
Muktupāvels has worked for the University of Latvia since 1989. Since 1999 at the Art History and Philology Faculty, and since 2002 as a professor He is a pioneer in the revival of traditional instruments in Latvia, and has performed in many countries in Europe, North America, and countries like Australia, India and Japan.
Muktupāvels is a Magnus Ducatus Poesis participant.
He is president of the AKKA/LAA (Copyright and Communication Consulting Agency/Latvian Authors Association) since 2013.
Muktupāvels has been a member of the Latvian National Cultural Council since 2002.