In 1978, he entered the Composition Department of the Central Conservatory of Music. After graduation, he went to the Munich Conservatory of Music in West Germany for further studies.

In 1983, he composed the "Symphony Overture" based on the poems of Li Bai's "Quiet Night Thoughts" and the poet's rough experience and was praised.

In 1985, he entered the Music Department of the Free University of West Berlin. In the same year, he won second place in the "Liszt Piano Fantasy" he performed and composed at the "International Competition to Commemorate the Centenary of Liszt's Death", and it became the premiere at the opening ceremony of the "World Modern Music Festival" held in Hungary the following year. work.

In 1987, he won the Honorary Award at the Dresden International Composition Competition in the Democratic Republic of Germany. Dozens of his musical compositions have been performed by many well-known bands around the world, and their scores have been published by Peters Music Publishing.

In 1987, he was invited to compose one of the songs in the film "The Last Emperor" and won the 60th Academy Award for Best Original Music.

From 1988 to 1990, Su Cong was employed as a full-time professor at the Munich Conservatoire in Germany.

Since 1990, he has been a professor of joint teaching, research and production of film and media music at the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy and Production Company and the Conservatory of Music in Stuttgart.

Su Cong resigned from his position as a full-time professor in 1995 and only retained his teaching job from October to February of the following year. The rest of the time was devoted entirely to creation.

The premiere of Su Cong's large-scale multimedia opera "When the Sun Rises in the East" in Germany in 1997 caused a great sensation. The major TV stations in the Netherlands broadcast the performance live. The play is based on the incident of a Dutchman who was sentenced to death by the Singaporean government for drug trafficking. In the same year, his ballet "The Last Emperor" was performed 18 times by the Hong Kong Ballet during the Hong Kong handover celebrations.

In 1998, his other large-scale musical "Voyager from the Future" premiered at the National Theater in Stoke, Germany. In May of the same year, "The Last Emperor" was performed in New York. Major newspapers such as "The New York Times", "New York Post" and "New York Daily News" reported on the performance of the play. Su Cong's music was once again recognized and praised. .