Hahn's personality shines through everything she does. After an early start when she tackled the major concertos (though invariably in unlikely couplings), she started to explore more unusual repertoire like the Charles Ives violin sonatas, concertos by Vieuxtemps and Spohr and a program of short pieces that she commissioned as encores. Technically immaculate, Hahn's sweet focused tone is always put to the service of the music, and her taste and flair make her an instrumentalist of real originality.