At 21, a piano prodigy returns to Meany

Among this week's concerts: a former child prodigy returns to Meany Theater, an acclaimed baroque flutist plays with his Netherlands-based quintet at Town Hall and the Cascade Youth Symphony Orchestra makes an appearance at Benaroya Hall.

Lise de la Salle

Cherbourg-born, 21-year-old Lise de la Salle is a former child prodigy turned piano sensation playing solo and with orchestras around the world. Last seen at Meany participating in the 2007-08 President's Piano Series, she impressed Seattle audiences with her expressiveness and emerging technical mastery. Her program this time includes Beethoven's "Les Adieux" and "Moonlight," plus Prokofiev's "Romeo and Juliet." 8 p.m. Tuesday, Meany Theater, 15th Avenue Northeast and Northeast 40th Street, University of Washington campus, Seattle; $20-$36 (206-543-4880 or www.meany.org).

Music ad Rhenum

The Early Music Guild presents acclaimed American baroque flutist Jed Wentz and his Netherlands-based quintet performing works by Francois Couperin and Georg Philipp Telemann. Formed in 1992, the group's intensely personal and highly emotional style has earned it a special place in the early-music scene. Director Wentz has performed and recorded with such groups as Musica Antiqua Koln, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Capriccio Stravagante Paris and the Gabriele Consort. 8 p.m. Saturday (a preconcert lecture begins at 7 p.m.), Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle; $20-$38 (206-325-7066 or www.earlymusicguild.org).

Seattle Symphony Orchestra

• Tchaikovsky's "Pathetique" Symphony: Guest conductor Arild Remmereit leads the orchestra through the program's title piece as well as Ludwig Irgens Jensen's Partita Sinfonica, "The Drover," and Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major. Piano soloist Gabriela Montero will perform in the latter. (For a preview, go to www.seattletimes.com/entertainment.) 7 p.m. today, 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, Benaroya Hall, S. Mark Taper Auditorium, 200 University St., Seattle; $17-$100 (206-215-4747 or www.seattlesymphony.org).

• The action shifts from Benaroya to Bellevue's Meydenbauer Center Saturday with "Tiny Tots: Viva la Musica," a 35-minute program of stories, songs and symphonic traditions for children ages 5 and under and their families. 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Saturday, 11100 N.E. Sixth St., Bellevue; $12 (425-637-1020 or www.seattlesymphony.org).

• The Cascade Youth Symphony Orchestra presents "Fusion: A Symphonic Gospelfest," with the Seattle Pacific University Gospel Choir, University Presbyterian Gospel Choir, Antioch Bible Church Choir and Triiiune. Sponsored by the Seattle Symphony Orchestra at 2 p.m. Saturday, Benaroya Hall, S. Mark Taper Auditorium; $24 (www.cyso.us).

Other performances

• Seattle Opera Young Artists Program: "Così fan tutte," Mozart's comedy of disguises, mistaken identities and dangerous flirtations, gets a workout at the hands of 10 young artists in this Seattle Opera production. 8 tonight, Benaroya Hall, Nordstrom Recital Hall; $20 (206-389-7676 or www.seattleopera.org).

• Seattle Classic Guitar Society presents Michael Partington, British-born director of the guitar program at the University of Washington. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Benaroya Hall, Nordstrom Recital Hall; $24-$30 (www.seattleguitar.org).

Tom Keogh: tomwkeogh@yahoo.com