![]() ![]() He was featured as a cashier in an independent black & white comedy short silent film 9 Items or Less. He has appeared as an extra and/or lent his production assistance to the films Bird, Pink Cadillac, Xenia, Wisdom, and an episode of Highway to Heaven. He was directly involved with reviving Sacramento’s Guild and Colonial Theatres, as well as working in the Tower, Sacramento Inn, and Crestview theatres as promoter, booker, historian and all around showman. He made a considerable impression on the valley’s show going public in his tenure there from 1986 to 1991, with colorful stage introductions and clever and rare film bookings. At nineteen years of age and on sheer enthusiasm, he was placed in charge of the restoration and management of Sacramento's historic Crest Theatre. records.įollowing a move in 1976 to Sacramento, Matías began his life-long love of the movies and their exhibition. The next logical musical step was jazz! Matías developed an intense interest in the music of the 1920's and 1930's from listening to his grandmother’s 78 r.p.m. Matías grew up and learning Spanish and English at the same time in an environment of classical music. His mother, Judy Nevis, is a native Californian and has had a career in public service as a Deputy Director with California’s Department of Housing. They moved to Berkeley, California in 1968, where his father was teaching. The poet Pablo Neruda was a close friend in a family that included the Chilean novelist Maria Lusia Bombal. ![]() His father, Antonio Bombal, was a professor of comparative literature and in his later life, a piano tuner. Born in Santiago, Chile, June 3, 1967, Matías was surrounded by the arts at an early age. Theodore Steinway Technical Academy. John is an active member of the Piano Technician's Guild.Matías Bombal, the host of “Matías Bombal’s Hollywood,” has been seen and heard in many entertainment venues as a master of ceremonies throughout California. John is a graduate of Yamaha's prestigious "Little Red Schoolhouse" technical program, as well as the C.F. He has tuned for such luminaries as Marvin Hamlisch, Tony Bennet, Frankie, Valli, Billy Taylor, Arturo Sandoval, Joshua Bell, Bernadette Peters, Vince Gill, Johnny Mathis, Kathleen Battle, Denyce Graves, and many others. John provided tuning and maintenance services for customers including school systems, universities, embassies and performing arts venues in the Washington, DC metro area: The Music Center at Strathmore, Washington National Opera, Washington Ballet, Kapell International Piano Competition, American University, Howard Community College, Georgetown University, Washington Performing Arts Society, the National Symphony Orchestra and WETA Classical 90.9's program "Front Row Washington."įrom 2005-2009, John provided tuning and maintenance for the piano inventory at the John F. John then became a technician for several New England piano retailers, until moving to the Maryland area to work for (at the time) the largest Steinway piano dealer in the United States. John Veitch. John received his Bachelor's degree from the world renowned Berklee College of Music, in Boston, MA. Monocacy Valley Montessori Charter Schoolĭowntown Piano Works is proud to utilize the Piano Tuning and Technical Services of Mr. Embassy of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas ![]()
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