Harold Wippler (September 19, 1928 – October 8, 2022) was an American violinist and teacher from

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. Wippler played as concertmaster for the Denver Symphony Orchestra, now the

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, with his wife Charleen, whom he married in August 1951. The two often played with the

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orchestra and spent three years in the early 1950s with the

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, where Harold was also concertmaster. Attending the Curtis Institute of Music after winning the L.A. Concerto Competition, he studied under

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. During his career he collaborated and recorded with noted violinists such as

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. Wippler taught multiple international competition winners, most notably Eugene Fodor, who was his student from 1958 to 1968.

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