Michael Ortega, born in Dominican Republic, migrated to the United States before the age of ten years old. At the age of fifteen, he started composing and producing music as a way to cope with his upbringing and find a new identity. His first piano compositions started getting traction first on YouTube in 2011 ranking over 104 million plays on YouTube and millions on Spotify and Apple Music. Today, with two main Albums: "Piano by Michael Ortega #1" and "Broken Hearts Piano melodies", his most popularsingles include "It's hard to say Goodbye", followed by "Broken Hearts", and Inception. Other successful titles like Te Amo, Miss You, and Last Goodbye also provoke nostalgic emotions that have captivated listeners worldwide. Not only does he produce music, butfilms, directs, and edits his own music videos.