He studied at The Berklee School of Music with Kanny Haar, Joan La Rue, James Stamp, Bobby Shew, Greg Hopkins, Roger Jean-Marie, and John Clyman, among others.

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Jazz trumpet and Modern Music Performance (ESMUC).

He has 12 CDs with the Chamber Orchestra of Teatre Lliure (with Josep Pons, Victoria dels Àngels, Ginesa Ortega), having recorded, among other music, all of Manuel de Falla’s music for chamber orchestra. He has numerous recordings with artists such as:
Estopa; Serrat; Miguel Rios; Manel Camp; Judy Niemack; Peter Herbolzheimer; Martirio; Chano Domínguez; Jarabe de Palo; Víctor Manuel and Ana Belén; Bebo Valdés; Loquillo; Orquesta Mondragón; Max Sunyer; Carles Benevent; Joan Albert Amargós; Big Band Jazz Terrassa; Alfons Carrascosa; Barcelona Jazz Orquesta with Phil Woods, Jon Faddis, Grant Stewart; Ester Formosa; Operación Triunfo 1st edition (with Bisbal, Rosa, etc); Sidonie; Iván Ferreiro; Toreros Muertos.

Matthew Simon received the award for the best jazz solo trumpeter from the Associació de Músics de Jazz de Catalunya (1993).

He arrived in Spain in 1975 and was part of the legendary group 'Música Urbana'.

Since then, he has worked with national and international figures such as Celia Cruz and Tito Puente, Al Cohn, Manel Camp, Tete Montoliu, Jerry Lewis, Dianne Warwick, Natalie Cole, Jack McDuff, Orange Then Blue, Josep Carreras, Julio Iglesias, Barcelona City Orchestra, Dave Liebman, Michel Camilo, Chano Domínguez, Perico Sambeat, Bart Van Lier, Jack McDuff, Lucrecia, or Gato Pérez, among others.

He has worked both as a jazz soloist, first trumpet in big bands, as well as section player for rock and pop, and in the classical music field, being particularly recognised as a specialist in contemporary repertoire.

He was a member of the Orquestra de Cambra d'Andorra and a founding member of the Orquestra de Cambra del Teatre Lliure, dedicated to 20th-century classical music, with which he performed for 12 years and recorded a dozen albums in addition to his countless discography. He has also toured in France, Scotland, Spain, and Israel.

Subsequently, he frequently collaborated with the Big Band Terrassa (as a soloist and first trumpet), and as an accompanist for artists like Michael Mossman, John Mosca, Dick Oatts, Bobby Shew, Gary Smulyan, Carmen Mundy, Slide Hampton, or Judy Niemack.

He participated in the summer tour 'El gusto es Nuestro' with Joan Manel Serrat, Ana Belén, Víctor Manuel, and Miguel Rios (1996).
He also toured Europe and the United States with Ibrahim Ferrer and Buena Vista Social Club (2003). He has recorded numerous television and radio commercials.

As a curious trivia tidbit, his trumpet is the one that sounds in the opening fanfares for the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona.