Special Canadian coin to commemorate music legend Oscar Peterson | Globalnews.ca
The Royal Canadian Mint is launching a special coin celebrating late music legend Oscar Peterson.
The one-dollar circulation coin is set to be unveiled at a Toronto event this morning.
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is expected to be in attendance alongside the jazz pianist’s widow, Kelly Peterson, and daughter, Celine Peterson.
Pianist and composer Thompson Egbo-Egbo will pay tribute to Peterson with a special performance.
Born in Montreal in 1925, Peterson is widely regarded as one of the foremost jazz pianists of his generation, winning numerous Juno and Grammy Awards over his 60-year career.
He was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame before dying of kidney failure in 2007 at the age of 82.
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