Oscar Peterson was a Canadian jazz pianist, composer, music scholar, singer, and actor born on August 15, 1925, in Montreal, Canada. He passed away on December 23, 2007, in Mississauga, Canada, due to renal failure. He received numerous awards throughout his career, including a Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album in 1974 and three consecutive Grammy Awards for Best Jazz Performance, Individual in 1977, 1978, and 1979, along with another award in 1990.
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Time Zone - America/Montreal (4:0 W)
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Meaning of the name - Oscar
spear warrior, God's spear
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Oscar Peterson belongs to the GI Generation group.
Place of Birth: Montreal
Place of Death: Mississauga
Cause of Death: kidney failure
Educated At: High School of Montreal | The Royal Conservatory of Music
Occupation: jazz pianist | musicologist | bandleader | composer | actor
Awards Received: Loyola Medal | Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Achievement Award | Knight of the National Order of Quebec | Companion of the Order of Canada | honorary doctorate at the Laval University | Officer of Arts and Letters | Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance | Governor General's Performing Arts Award | Canadian Music Hall of Fame | Glenn Gould Prize | Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album | Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award | Canada's Walk of Fame | BBC Jazz Awards | Order of Ontario | Praemium Imperiale
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Ephemeris for August 15, 1925
Note: Moon position is location and time sensitive.| Planet | Position (Tropical, Western) | Transits on August 15, 2025 | Secondary Progressions for August 15, 2025 |
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| Sun | 22 Leo 17 | 23 Leo 4 | 0 Sagittarius 52 |
| Moon | 10 Cancer 4 | 15 Taurus 39 | 8 Pisces 20 |
| Mercury | 8 Virgo 41 | 5 Leo 21 | 22 Sagittarius 44 |
| Venus | 22 Virgo 21 | 18 Cancer 7 | 18 Capricorn 1 |
| Mars | 1 Virgo 46 | 5 Libra 27 | 6 Scorpio 44 |
| Jupiter | 13 Capricorn 26 | 14 Cancer 46 | 20 Capricorn 34 |
| Saturn | 9 Scorpio 8 | 0 Aries 54 | 19 Scorpio 7 |
| Uranus | 24 Pisces 41 | 1 Gemini 17 | 21 Pisces 35 |
| Neptune | 22 Leo 19 | 1 Aries 43 | 24 Leo 47 |
| Pluto | 14 Cancer 3 | 2 Aquarius 5 | 14 Cancer 27 |
| Rahu | 3 Leo 37 | 19 Pisces 29 | 28 Cancer 20 |
| Ketu | 3 Aquarius 37 | 19 Virgo 29 | 28 Capricorn 20 |
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