Complex sentence: The 1906-7 season saw an appearance by pianist and composer Alexander Scriabin under the baton of his (and Altschuler's) conservatory teacher Vasily Safonov; an anonymous "New York Times" review praised Scriabin's playing, while finding him immature as a composer.
Split into simpler sentences: The 1906-7 season saw an appearance by pianist and composer Alexander Scriabin under the baton of his (and Altschuler's) conservatory teacher Vasily Safonov. An anonymous "New York Times" review praised Scriabin's playing, while finding him immature as a composer.