The Mahapooram Ensemble is an instrumental formation created by composer and percussionist Bruno Paquet. In a variety of programs, the Ensemble plays Paquet's works for percussion instruments, which incorporate the percussion instruments of Kerala.

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Les Arbres Célestes
Tabla and recorded tape.

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La Prière du Serpent
Chenda, maddalam, tabla, and drum percussions.

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Parasuraman
Cymbals and magnetic band,
including song by mezzo-soprano. *

Tayyambaka
Tradition Repertoire for Chendas and Ellatalam.

Poétique d'une Orbite Capricieuse
"Poèmes déclencheurs"
Drum percussions, layed by a group of five percussionists,
and lyrics by mezzo-soprano.

Talavattam
Concert for Mridangam
and the Kathakali Percussion Instruments (including Edakka drum).
Created in Montreal by Bruno Paquet (Chenda),
with the participation of Mridangam soloist, Trichy Sankaran.

(*) The sonorities created by the cymbals, with the help of bows, are the basis for the vocal line.