Tonmeister · Vienna

pit kaufmann

Live sound, recording and post-production for concerts, opera and broadcast — from the first plan to the final master.

  • live sound
  • recording
  • postproduction
Pit Kaufmann am Mischpult
What I do

live, studio, post

live sound

FOH and monitors for concerts, opera, festivals and broadcast events. System design, plots and patch are settled long before the doors open, so show day is about the music.

recording

Sessions on location and in the studio, classical through contemporary. Planned from the score, not from the channel list.

postproduction

Editing, mixing and mastering for record, film and stream — the stage where a recording becomes a release.

Selected work

recent productions

In early 2025 I joined forces with colleagues to found Arts & Tonic. My work stays the same, but sharing resources and a team of people I trust means we can take on complex and large-scale productions more easily and at a higher standard. Commissions, productions and collaborations run through the company — here is a selection; the full portfolio lives on the company site.

Visit Arts & Tonic
  1. Oper im Steinbruch — Tosca

    01 — Live Sound

    Oper im Steinbruch — Tosca

    FOH · St. Margarethen

    Photo © Oper im Steinbruch / wearegiving

  2. Mozart Requiem

    02 — AV Production

    Mozart Requiem

    Sound Engineering · Madrid

    Photo © Mario Dominguez Soler

  3. Wiener Festwochen Eröffnung

    03 — Live Sound

    Wiener Festwochen Eröffnung

    FOH · Vienna

    Photo © Tim Dornaus

  4. Die Zauberflöte

    04 — AV Production

    Die Zauberflöte

    Sound Engineering / Technical Engineering · Salzburg

    Photo © Werner Kmetitsch

  5. ECR Opening

    05 — Broadcast Sound

    ECR Opening

    Sound Engineering · Vienna

    Photo © Sebastian Kreuzberger

  6. Wiener Opernsommer — Traviata

    06 — Live Sound

    Wiener Opernsommer — Traviata

    FOH · Vienna

    Photo © Wiener Opernsommer

About

musician first, engineer second

I started with classical guitar and theory at four, added piano and jazz bass at the Conservatory of Luxembourg, and finished my Tonmeister diploma at the mdw in Vienna in 2023. Technology was always the interesting part — not for its own sake, but as the shortest path between how a performance felt in the room and how it sounds afterwards.

Today I work as Tonmeister and media creator at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, and freelance across live, studio and post. Since 2025 my client work runs through Arts & Tonic, the company I founded with colleagues here in Vienna.

Pit Kaufmann
Get in touch

what are you working on?

What is the project, when is it, and where does it happen? A few lines are enough to start.