Simon graduated with distinction from the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Music Academy in Poznań with Prof. Jerzy Mechliński and Prof. Iwona Kowalkowska (bachelor’s and master’s degree respectively), and took part in master classes with Prof. Adam Kruszewski, Prof. Urszula Kryger, Prof. Matjaž Robavs, and Prof. Sonia Turchetta.
In the course of his studies at the conservatory he also benefited greatly from the help of Gabriela Klima – Kściuczyk.
He is under the tutelage of Maestro Giorgio Zancanaro.
Season 2019/2020 will see Simon’s return to Wexford Opera Festival (The Veiled Prophet), Opera de Lyon (Irrelohe), Polish National Philharmonic (Cassanova), Poznan Opera (Manon Lescaut), Opera Wroclaw (La Cenerentola), and La Scala (Krol Roger – cover).
Recent engagements include Dr Malatesla in Don Pasquale and Luigi in Il Bravo for Wexford Festival Opera, Foka in Enchantress for Opera de Lyon, The title role in Eugene Onegin (Opera Dortmund and Opera de Toulon), Yamadori in Madama Butterfly (Glyndebourne Festival), Fritz Die Tote Stadt (Polish National Opera on tour), Foka The Enchantress (Opera National de Lyon), Malatesta Don Pasquale and Luigi Il Bravo (Wexford Festival Opera), Dandini in La Cenerentola (Wroclaw Opera), Raimbaud in Le Comte Ory (Dorset Opera Festival), Marcello in La bohème (Baltic State Opera).