premiering Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 in the US
... that years after premiering Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 in the US, conductor Arturo Toscanini allegedly asked if he had really learned and conducted "such junk"?
... that years after <b id="mwBkw"><a href="./American_premieres_of_Dmitri_Shostakovich's_Symphony_No._7" id="mwBk0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="American premieres of Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7">premiering Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 in the US</a></b>, conductor <a href="./Arturo_Toscanini" id="mwBk4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Arturo Toscanini">Arturo Toscanini</a> allegedly asked if he had really learned and conducted "such junk"?