 Nhau dzake dzakawanda dzakakunda mibairo mukati memakore ake makumi mana nemanomwe basa dzakamutora munyika yose: Akakunda mubairo wake wechina wePeabody pamwe chete neEmmy Award yekubata nyika chete yevatema symphony muAfrica, uye akakunda Emmy yake yechi 27 yekuparadzira ruzivo nezve orchestra muParaguay iyo yaigona kungoita kuti zviridzwa zvavo zvive kunze kwemarara. Simon akashuma kubva kuPakistan mushure mekudengenyeka kwavo uye gare gare kubva kuJapan mushure mekudengenyeka kwenyika kwa2011 muFukushima, iyo yakatungamirira kutsunami nenjodzi yenyukireya. Akakundawo Emmy Awards nokuda kwemishumo yake kubva kuVietnam mibairo miviri, Rebhanoni, Cambodia, Saudi Arabia, India, neChina. 