Mr. Prauliņš studied with Pauls Dambis and Ģederts Ramans at the Emīls Dārziņš Music School from 1963–74. He later studied conducting and pedagogy at the Academy of Music in Rīga from 1977–82, where he also studied composition with Jānis Ivanovs in 1982–83 and Ģederts Ramans from 1984–89 and piano with Valda Kalnina from 1977–82 and 1984–89.

Among his honors are the awards for best album and best folk album in the Grand Prix in Rīga (1999, for Odi et amo and Pagan Yearbook) and selection as one of the favorite pieces of the month by the International Database of Choral Repertoire (2003, for Missa Rigensis).

Mr. Prauliņš is also active in other positions. He worked as a sound engineer at Latvian Radio from 1981–86, where he introduced multi-track recordings of folk music.

As a keyboardist, he active as a rock musician in the progressive-rock group Salve in the 1970s and in the folk-/progressive-rock group Vecas Majas in the 1980s.

In addition to the works listed below, Mr. Prauliņš has composed much film music.

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