“Each member of the quartet is a highly cultivated musical personality who knows how to listen to his or her fellow players and is equally capable of taking the lead, accompanying and fitting into a tutti sound. This ensemble does not offer a mannered unified sound […]. The playing of this quartet is orientated towards the respective circumstances of the tonal movement, which is presented with great empathy.”

Florian Schuck in his review for the-new-listener.com about the Ballot Quartet at the Bruckner Festival St Florian 2023 at Tillysburg Castle.

French conductor and violinist Rémy Ballot has formed an ensemble with musicians he works regularly with as conductor. An acclaimed debut concert at the 2020 St. Florian Bruckner Festival resulted in a CD of Anton Bruckner’s string quintet and quartet, released on the Gramola label along side his award winning cycle of Brucker symphonies.

This project became the precedent to form a regular ensemble in various formations, the Rémy Ballot Ensemble. In May 2025, Gramola reseases a 2nd CD with piano quintets by Schubert & Hummel.