Malats, Joaquin (1872 - 1912). One of the first to perform Albeniz's Iberia was the formidable Barcelona pianist Malats. "I am writing Iberia...essentially because of you and for you," Albeniz wrote in a letter dated 1907. An admired virtuoso in Europe and the United States, Malats composed a lot of salon music, of which the Serenata espanola (piano solo) is the most popular.
