Harold Wippler (September 19, 1928 – October 8, 2022)[1][2] was an American violinist and teacher from Denver. Wippler played as concertmaster for the Denver Symphony Orchestra, now the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, with his wife Charleen, whom he married in August 1951. The two often played with the Central City Opera orchestra and spent three years in the early 1950s with the Kansas City Philharmonic, where Harold was also concertmaster.[3] Attending the Curtis Institute of Music after winning the L.A. Concerto Competition, he studied under Efrem Zimbalist. During his career he collaborated and recorded with noted violinists such as Jascha Heifetz. Wippler taught multiple international competition winners, most notably Eugene Fodor, who was his student from 1958 to 1968.[4]
References
edit- ^ Laurie Niles (2022-10-23). "Remembering Violinist Harold Wippler (1928-2022), Denver Concertmaster and Pedagogue". violinist.com. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
- ^ "Harold Wippler obituary". Neptune Society. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
- ^ "Denver's Charleen Wippler dies, was adventurous violinist". The Denver Post. 25 April 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ^ "Eugene Fodor -a career flameout". Reading Eagle. 2 August 1989. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
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