She is known for her rich, round tone, and singing voice-like phrasing,[1] characteristics of the Romantic style of piano playing that was predominant in the Golden Age of pianism.
She has worked with conductors such as Riccardo Muti, Charles Dutoit, Ivan Fischer, Dmitri Kitayenko, Pavel Kogan, Aleksandr Dmitriyev, Franz Welser-Möst, Gerd Albrecht, Gianluigi Gelmetti, Moshe Atzmon, Takashi Asahina, Long Yu, and Myung-Whun Chung.
Suh gave her US debut recital at Lincoln Center in 1985 as the winner of the William Petschek Prize,[5] and was one of 25 world renowned pianists invited to perform at a Carnegie Hall gala concert commemorating Steinway & Sons' 135th anniversary.
Suh has recorded the complete piano concerti of Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov with Aleksandr Dmitriyev and the Saint Petersburg Academic Symphony Orchestra,[7] and four Mozart piano concerti with Sir Neville Marriner and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
[8] Her discography also includes solo piano works by Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Mussorgsky, Scriabin, and Stravinsky.