Simon Aiglstorfer-Zach, who grew up in Upper Austria, received his first horn lessons at the regional music school system. After graduating from the Music High School in Linz, he completed his Bachelor’s degree in concert performance at the Anton Bruckner Private University under Markus Obmann with distinction, before beginning his diploma studies in autumn 2020 at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with Christoph Peham.

Following a successful audition in June 2025, Simon Aiglstorfer-Zach held most recently a temporary contract with the Tonkünstler Orchestra of Lower Austria, where he had previously worked for two years as an academy member. In addition to various substitute engagements with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra and Vienna Volksoper, he regularly performs with the Vienna Concert Association.

His previous solo achievements include several first prizes at Prima la Musica, the 2016 award of the Dr. Josef Ratzenböck Scholarship from the Province of Upper Austria, as well as a second prize at the Leonard Bernstein Institute Competition in 2024. In October 2024, he won third prize at the International Werner Pirchner Prize in Innsbruck