Valdis Muktupāvels, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Valdis Muktupāvels

Latvian composer and ethnomusicologist

Date of Birth: 09-Nov-1958

Place of Birth: Līvāni Municipality, Latvia

Profession: composer, musicologist, ethnomusicologist

Nationality: Latvia

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Valdis Muktupavels (9 November 1958 in Livani) is a Latvian ethnomusicologist, composer, musician, teacher and doctor of art criticism. Muktupavels graduated 1980 from the University of Latvia, and acquired a specialty in chemistry in 1983.
He completed the Jazeps Vitols Latvian Academy of Music in 1996 with a doctorate in art criticism.
Muktupavels has worked for the University of Latvia since 1989; since 1999 at the Art History and Philology Faculty, and since 2002 as a professor. Muktupavels has been a member of the Latvian National Cultural Council since 2002.
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.
He was also the founder and director of the folklore ensemble Rasa, which was active from 1988 to 1998.
Muktupavels is a Magnus Ducatus Poesis participant. Muktupavels was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas in 2001.
He is president of the AKKA/LAA (Copyright and Communication Consulting Agency/Latvian Authors Association) since 2013.In 2010 culture management center Lauska released Muktupavels' bilingual book in Latvian and English titled "Kokles un koklešana Latvija/The Baltic Psaltery and Playing Traditions in Latvia" that also included a CD with kokles tunings, exercises and repertoire.