Born in Tarbes (France) in 1990, Simon Carrey began piano performance learning at the age of 5 in his hometown Conservatory. He furthered his music studies in Toulouse and Boulogne-Billancourt under the direction of Hortense Cartier-Bresson. Alongside his instrument, he studied the organ, the harpsichord, the pianoforte and the bassoon. He is a graduate of the Royal College of Music of London where he received his Bachelor of Music Degree with Nigel Clayton and obtained a Master Degree in piano performance with Distinction with Ashley Wass. During his studies at the Royal College of Music he was a Scholar supported by a Jane Chapmann Memorial Award. He also holds a Master degree in Collaborative Piano from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris with French pedagogues Anne Le Bozec and Emmanuel Olivier.

Simon has performed in various famous Halls across Europe such as the Philarmonie de Paris, Salle Cortot, Salon des Maréchaux du Ministère de la Culture, Cathédrale Saint-Louis des Invalides, Cité de la Musique in Paris, Abbaye de Royaumont, Debussy Festival in Argenton-sur-Creuse and Festival de Saintes (France), Saint Martin-in-the-Fields, Britten Theatre and Amaryllis Flemming Concert Hall in London, Gheorghe Dima Academia de Muzica in Cluj (Romania). A keen chamber musician and collaborative pianist, he worked with the Choir of the Orchestre Philarmonique de Paris, Paris-Châtelet Conservatoire, Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris and the Ensemble Intercontemporain.