COBRAS E SON is an early music ensemble based in Salamanca, Spain, with members coming from different parts of the world. Its work focuses on the music of Christians, Muslims and Jews, the three cultures that for many centuries shared the Iberian Peninsula. The repertoire includes Iberian troubadour music, Andalusian moaxahas from Iberian Muslim poets and Sephardic ballads from Morocco. Some attention is dedicated to traditional music from Portugal and Spain that has kept many influences from those three cultures. A significant part of the repertoire mentions episodes taking place in medieval Salamanca. Since its recent creation, the group has been presenting its work in concerts and radio broadcasts in Portugal and Spain. “Cobras e Son” was the expression used by Alfonso X el Sabio to designate his Cantigas de Santa Maria (Cobras: verse - Son: music).
