​Focusing on repertoire from the 16th and early 17th centuries, ensemble Profeti della Quinta aims to create vivid and expressive performances for audiences today while, at the same time, considering period performance practices. One of the goals of the ensemble is performing and researching hitherto neglected works. The ensemble was founded in the Galilee region of Israel by the bass singer and harpsichordist Elam Rotem, and is based in Basel, Switzerland, where its members undertook further studies of early music at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. In 2011 the ensemble won the York Early Music Young Artists Competition, and has since performed all around the world. The ensemble has recorded two CDs with music by Salomone Rossi, which were warmly received by public and critics alike. Further recordings are dedicated to music by Luzzasco Luzzaschi, Orlando di Lasso, Carlo G. (Diapason d’Or), Alexander Utendal, and most recently, a collection of madrigals by various composers (Amor, fortuna, et morte). The ensemble has premiered and recorded two large-scale works composed especially for it by Elam Rotem: the biblical drama Joseph and his Brethren and the motet collection Quia amore langueo.