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00:00He wants to talk to me.
00:06He wants to talk to me.
00:10Mr. Mark, you've been to India for the Saptak, and how do you find Saptak up to?
00:37I think it's a wonderful festival with many, many artists, and it's interesting to see all the different ways of interpreting classical Indian music.
00:49This is really fantastic, vocal, instrumental, and all kinds of groups, small groups.
00:56Also, I realized, actually, coming to Saptak, the importance of the tabla players.
01:01There is a lot of specialists of tabla in this area, and also at Saptak there is a concentration on very different qualities of tabla players, so it's really excellent.
01:17So, Mark Julley, you are the regular visitor of the Saptak. Which artist impresses you the most?
01:24Well, last night we saw Adiprasad Chaurasia. It's difficult to pronounce for me.
01:31However, it's a very old master whom I liked very much, and it was impressive to see him last night.
01:40Otherwise, I like many artists. It's difficult to remember the names because for us it's complicated names in Indian.
01:52There is one woman I like very much. It's Panomita Banerjee, who is playing the harmonium.
02:02Mr. Mark Julley, you are from France. How is Saptak famous across Europe and France in particular?
02:09Actually, I knew Saptak from different friends who came already to Saptak in the previous years.
02:16So, it was really an introduction. Also, I very often go to the Darbar Festival in London, and even in the Darbar Festival in London they talk about Saptak,
02:28which is also a very international and renowned festival for us that we know in Europe.
02:39Which artist do you want to see the most in 2025?
02:50Actually, we went to see a very famous artist also in France, actually in London. It's Kaushiki Chakraborty,
02:59who is the daughter of Adjoi Chakraborty, whom we listened to also during this festival.
03:07So, we listened to her, but also myself, I like very much Sitar.
03:13For me, the Sitar is the most catching type of expression of classical Indian music, and also the Veena, I think is really beautiful.
03:24India has a long legacy of classical music, so how the France, you are coming from France, how the France music, any comparison?
03:34I must say that I also listen to French, I mean European classical music, I mean Occidental, let's say.
03:45However, I also must tell you that I lived in Japan, and in fact it's interesting to see that the Indian music is like a sort of a hinge,
03:55it's in the middle between Europe and Asia, and it seems that we have sources of Indian music that come out in the Western culture,
04:05but also in the Eastern culture. When I even listen to some music in Japan, I can see also some relation.
04:13Also, I like even the Middle Eastern music, like Persian music.
04:18So, I think Indian music also make a link to many different cultures, and also it's so interesting because it's so ancient.
04:27So, how does Saptak enrich you?
04:31Well, I must say also that I met a lot of very nice people here. Everybody is very welcoming.
04:39I was introduced to Saptak also by one member of the family Metta, Nihar Metta, and I met also Krishna Shah Metta.
04:51They also introduced me to what is happening at Saptak, and they opened us also to the life.