Simona Mihai studied at the Royal College of Music and the Benjamin Britten International Opera School as a Queen Mother Scholar, Samling Foundation Scholar, Rosemary Budgen Junior Fellow and David Bowerman Junior Fellow. Numerous singing prizes include first prize in the Takasaky International Competition in Japan, the Kathleen Ferrier Bursary for Young Singers, the National Mozart Competition, the Miriam Licette Prize in conjunction with the Maggie Teyte Scholarship, the Joaninha Trust Award and the Clonter Opera Prize. Opera includes La Ciesca (Gianni Schicchi), Cis (Albert Herring), Governess (The Turn of the Screw), Despina (Così fan tutte), various roles (Dialogues des Carmelites), Poppea (L'Incoronazione di Poppea), Celia (Lucio Silla) with the European Opera Company, Roksana (King Roger) at the Teatro Massimo, Palermo and Governess (The Turn of the Screw) at Teatro Municipal de Santiago. She has appeared in concert and given recitals throughout the UK, Europe, in Japan and the US.
She will join the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme in September 2008 and make her Royal Opera debut as Dew Fairy (Hansel und Gretel). Future engagements include Despina (Cosi fan Tutte) for Glyndebourne Opera.