Cultural events in London, Istanbul and Berlin this week
Concerts, film festivals and exhibitions are scheduled in cities including New York, Paris, Tokyo and Sydney, with Monet and Renaissance works on display.
Film festivals, concerts and exhibitions across London, Istanbul, Berlin, New York, Paris, Tokyo and Sydney are among cultural events scheduled worldwide from Nov. 9 to 15, Turkey's state-run news agency Anadolu Agency reported.
London's EFG Jazz Festival starts Friday and runs through Nov. 22, with performances at venues across the British capital, including the Southbank Centre.
American singer-songwriter Noah Kahan performs at the O2 arena on Friday and Saturday, and British rock band Muse begins a two-night run there on Sunday.
Turkish pop star Ajda Pekkan is also scheduled to perform at the venue's smaller Indigo hall on Sunday.
In Istanbul, the 14th Bogazici Film Festival runs through Sunday, showing international and national feature films, documentaries and shorts at three cinemas.
Its special screening program includes Andrey Zvyagintsev's Minotaur, a Cannes Grand Prix winner, along with Congo Boy and Majid Majidi's Sun Children.
Madrid's JAZZMADRID festival hosts more than 40 performances across the city, which organizers described as its busiest week.
The Kenny Barron Trio performs Tuesday at Fernan Gomez Theatre, and Grammy-winning vocalist Kurt Elling joins the group Yellowjackets on Wednesday for Celebrate Weather Report.
In Berlin, the Afrikamera festival runs from Monday through Sunday, while the Interfilm International Short Film Festival and the Italian Film Festival begin Tuesday.
The city's Days of Jewish Culture open Thursday with music, cinema and literature.
Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin's contemporary art museum, marks its 30th anniversary with a free, 30-hour program from Saturday morning to Sunday evening, including overnight exhibition tours and studio workshops.
In New York, Madison Square Garden hosts the Dave Matthews Band on Thursday and Friday, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art presents Chasing Clouds, which examines how artists and early photographers captured changing skies from the 19th century to the 1920s.
In Paris, the Musee d'Orsay marks the centenary of Claude Monet's death with I Spend My Life Painting, which features five recently studied or restored works.
Tokyo's National Art Center continues its exhibition Masterpieces of the Renaissance from the Louvre, which includes about 50 works from the 15th and 16th centuries.
In Sydney, Foo Fighters and Charlie Puth perform on Tuesday, Death Cab for Cutie on Thursday, Khalid on Friday and Robbie Williams on Saturday.
In film, Johnny Depp stars as Ebenezer Scrooge in Ti West's Ebenezer, which opens Friday in US theaters.
