For over thirty five years Bornkamp has been a member the Aurelia Saxophone Quartet and his duo with pianist Ivo Janssen exists almost as long. Additionally, Bornkamp has taken part in a unique ensemble: Clazz Ensemble, made up of musicians from both the jazz and classical worlds. Arno Bornkamp's many activities (including concerts, festivals, master classes and lectures) have taken him to many countries in Europe, the USA, Japan and South America.

The many CDs he has made on various labels since 1990 have garnered national and international praise. On some of these recordings, Bornkamp has taken a certain period of saxophone history and put it under the microscope, on others he highlights a specific composer. Of the latter variety is his 2009 CD, released on the Basta label: 'Buku of Horn: Arno B. plays JacobTV', a musical portrait of Dutch composer Jacob ter Veldhuis.Likewise, his most recent CD is also a composer’s portrait, released in 2012 on the Ottavo-label: ‘Frank Martin and the Saxophone’. 2014 has seen the release of his new CDs with Ivo Janssen featuring music by Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel.Most recently Bornkamp has developed a new project entitled ‘Bach in Beeld’ (Bach in Images). With the ‘accompaniment’ of images from video artist James Murray he plays (on three different saxophones) arrangements of three solo works by Bach: the 2nd Suite for Cello, the Flute Partita and the 2nd Violin Partita. Being one of the important personalities of saxophone in the world, Bornkamp has taken the initiative to create SAX14, a huge, multidisciplinary saxophone festival in Amsterdam in November 2014, celebrating the 200th birthday of Adolphe Sax, the inventor of the saxophone.Arno Bornkamp is a renowned teacher, leading an international saxophone class at the Conservatory of Amsterdam. In the summer he teaches at various master classes.