[3] Rudiakov studied at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory with professors Yakov Flier and Bella Davidovich.
[4] Her first appearance in Western Europe was in 1975 at the Royal Albert Hall in London with the New Philharmonia Orchestra.
[3][4] She appeared in many chamber music festivals alongside such leading instrumentalists as Gina Bachauer, Isaac Stern and Eugene Istomin,[3] and gave recitals with Michael Rudiakov in the United States.
[2][5][6] She was appointed professor of piano at the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart in 1981, and vice-rector in 2002.
Rudiakov recorded about 15 albums, issued under the Golden Crest, Tacet, Nonesuch, Stradivari, and Nimbus labels.