He has won prizes in many international competitions, and has performed as a solo cellist with such orchestras as the Royal Philharmonic, the Vienna Symphony and the Danish Radio Orchestra.

His interest in authentic performance practice has led him to play early music and baroque music on both the cello and viola da gamba, in an "historically correct" manner.

He is a professor at the Moscow Conservatory, where he teaches chamber music, and gives master classes all around the world.

He also teaches at Yaşar University, Izmir, Turkey where he is entitled as the music director.

Rudin has recorded many CDs for the Hyperion, Fuga Libera and Naxos record labels, including works by Bach, Grieg, Prokofiev, Strauss, and others.