After winning the ARD Competition in 2014 and receiving the Crédit Suisse Young Artist Award in 2016, Simone Rubino has performed as a soloist with the Wiener Philharmoniker, the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, the HR-Sinfonieorchester, the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, the Münchner Philharmoniker, the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, the SWR Symphonieorchester, the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, the Kammerakademie Potsdam, the Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, under conductors such as Zubin Mehta, Gustavo Gimeno, Tugan Sokhiev, Manfred Honeck, Tan Dun, Michael Sanderling, Antonello Manacorda, Kristjan Järvi, Elim Chan, Maxime Pascal, and Francesco Angelico.
Since 2016 he has collaborated regularly with Maestro Tan Dun, touring extensively in China (Shanghai, Beijing, Xiamen), Poland, and Italy. In 2018 he was Artist in Residence with the BR Münchner Rundfunkorchester, and in 2020 with the Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini in Parma.
Simone Rubino is a regular guest at major festivals including the Lucerne Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Rheingau Musik Festival, Heidelberger Frühling, Bachfest Leipzig, Bologna Festival, Czech Chamber Music Society, Musical Olympus in Russia, and La Folle Journée (in both France and Japan). From 2019 to 2023 he served as professor of percussion at the Haute École de Musique de Lausanne, and since April 2023 he has been professor of percussion at the University of the Arts Berlin (UdK).
Recent and upcoming engagements include a concert at the Stresa Festival, the opening concert of the upcoming season of La Toscanini in Parma (October 2025), participation in the Suoni Riflessi Festival, a collaboration with philosopher Umberto Galimberti at Fasano Musica, and two international appearances as soloist and conductor with the BR Münchner Rundfunkorchester, as well as an invitation from the Czech Chamber Music Society in Prague.
Since 2025, Simone Rubino has also been Artistic Director of the Fasano Musica Festival in Italy.