Gavin Mikhail is an American pianist, singer-songwriter, and composer. Born in West Lafayette, Indiana, he attended Purdue University and later moved to Nashville, Tennessee to pursue a career in music. As the winner of the 'Lay It Down And Mix It Up In The UK' fan-vote contest, he traveled to England to record at Peter Gabriel's renowned 'Real World Studios,' and to date, has released more than 50 albums and singles independently. His piano soundtrack to the Ruta Sepetys novel 'Between Shades Of Gray' was released in 2011, and the book went on to become a New York Times Bestseller. Propelled by this success as well as the featuring of his song 'Evergreen' on YouTube's homepage in December 2011, his songs have received in excess of 30 million streams internationally.