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Maarten Ornstein

@maartenornstein.bsky.social

A life in music. Clarinetist and composer. Has a camera. Amsterdam. maartenornstein.com

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It occurs to me that I could quite happily live the rest of my life without hearing a single thing about America ever again.

01.03.2026 16:27 — 👍 230    🔁 20    💬 11    📌 0

I just feel your pain 🙃

01.03.2026 13:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Day’s end

25.02.2026 19:34 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks. Very useful

25.02.2026 09:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Some days, the noise pollution really gets to me. I think there should always be a silent space within 500 meters or so. Just to read or write.
I can dream

24.02.2026 11:18 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Four years of senseless war and suffering
#ukraine

24.02.2026 07:44 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Nice one! ⬇️

23.02.2026 21:18 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Preview
Zink (Musik) – Wikipedia

He is listed here on the German wiki page about the zink as a zinkenist.
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zink_(M...

21.02.2026 22:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Yup. He played Monteverdi!

21.02.2026 15:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Fun fact about the cornetto: The instrument was played by the great Paul Hindemith. I bet you didn't know. Did you?

21.02.2026 15:31 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Stravinsky
Machaut
Ellington
Monteverdi
Ligeti
Quincy Jones
Pärt
Ravel
Eddie Harris

21.02.2026 09:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Er is géén (!) asielcrisis

Wij sloten 50 locaties na 2017 "wegens sterk teruggelopen aantallen"

Duitsland kan 2x zoveel asielaanvragen per inwoner dan NL VIER keer sneller verwerken. Voor 2,5 x minder geld per persoon

Omdat wij narcistische 'Prinsesje Petronella' figuren als Mona Keijzer hebben

20.02.2026 11:00 — 👍 202    🔁 105    💬 9    📌 4
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Not bad at all
#Finland

20.02.2026 21:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Earlier today, en route to cornetto lesson 4

20.02.2026 13:41 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Some people had some idea that I was going to save the world, it’s not my world how can I, all I got to talk about is folks getting together. In a big Universe like this, there ought to be something better than what there is..
(Sun Ra)

18.02.2026 19:51 — 👍 19    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 1

Courage

18.02.2026 08:31 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This

15.02.2026 09:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Just flipped through the digitised version of this. Wow

14.02.2026 15:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Mood? Nah, it's a great idea

12.02.2026 14:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Just saw a kingfisher catching a meal, right here in the canal next the house. Amazing

12.02.2026 11:50 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Will do

10.02.2026 19:32 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Ah cool. Because of the one that was found recently? I heard it played. Terrifying

10.02.2026 19:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Isn't that a carnyx?

10.02.2026 18:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Pictures please!

10.02.2026 11:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Like pineapple on pizza

10.02.2026 07:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Thanks. Very handy

10.02.2026 06:55 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

She did make three inexcusable errors

10.02.2026 06:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
roadside sign REMINDER: PEOPLE WHO SHOW YOU NEW MUSIC ARE IMPORTANT

roadside sign REMINDER: PEOPLE WHO SHOW YOU NEW MUSIC ARE IMPORTANT

08.02.2026 18:40 — 👍 213    🔁 43    💬 5    📌 0