Regine Bigler is the executive Sous Chef at NeueHouse Madison Square. She was born on a small farm in Switzerland. Creatively, Regine was heavily influenced by her vegetable-growing mother who grew food to sustain her family before “sustainability” was a buzzword. She stopped eating meat in 1995 and that opened her tastebuds to a whole new world of flavors. Her search for creative vegetable expressions, along with a passion for travel, encourages her to keep expanding her palate. She continues to eat, cook, read, and grow all things vegetable. Regine’s career was never stagnant and always moving towards creative expression.

Her teenage urge to break out of farm life took her to the nearby city of Bern where she managed movie theaters and helped to bring them into the digital age. Encouraged by her success in Bern, and motivated by a love of challenges, she moved to NYC in 2000 where she started her New York journey by managing a rundown youth hostel in East Harlem. Her desire to work in the arts pushed her into a management position at the iconic Sunshine Cinema for the next nine years. In 2016, hungry to further express her creativity, she turned to a professional career in the kitchen. In 2018, she started collaborating on all things plant-based with Chef Morgan Jarrett at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden and moved up the ranks to the position of Sous Chef. This is where Regine really tapped into her passion, and, despite the Covid pandemic, she volunteered at a food pantry and held several pop-up food events to hone her skills and bring awareness to the natural beauty of vegetables.

Camila Agosto is a composer, interdisciplinary artist, and educator based in New York City. Her work spans electroacoustic music, improvisation, installation, custom instrument design, and collaborations with musicians, ensembles, visual and performing artists, filmmakers, and instrument makers. She is drawn to the ways sound can hold memory, shape emotion, and spark connection—often building immersive sonic environments that invite deeper listening and reflection. Her music explores the sonic potential of acoustic and electronic instruments, often combining extended techniques, tactile electronics, and embodied listening practices. She has been commissioned and performed by leading artists and ensembles, with her work featured at venues and festivals across the U.S. and internationally. 

At the core of her work are research and creative interests that explore themes of memory, perception, and somatic experience, with a focus on how sound and vibration shape our emotional and physical relationship to music. Camila’s work highlights the human element of live performance and centers embodied approaches to music-making and listening. As a certified yoga instructor, she integrates somatic and mindfulness-based practices into her creative process and teaching, using them as tools for personal grounding and artistic exploration. 

She is the founder of Meristem Artists, a platform that supports holistic, interdisciplinary exchange among artists. She has developed and led workshops for artists and scholars at Columbia University, Meristem Artist Retreats, and summer music programs like the International Contemporary Ensemble’s Ensemble Evolution. Camila is currently an ABD doctoral candidate in Music Composition at Columbia University and a 2023 recipient of the Berlin Prize and Deutsche Bank Fellowship from the American Academy in Berlin.