Later he moved to Moscow[1] and enrolled at the Armenian House of Culture, where he studied with Genrikh Litinsky [ru].
His studies were interrupted by his military service in World War II, during which he was decorated.
Parsadanian later became influenced by Dmitri Shostakovich, who encouraged the younger composer's efforts.
[3] In 1953 Parsadanian married Virve Kiple and moved to the Estonian SSR, where she was born.
His music was championed by Svetlanov, Alexander Gauk,[2] Tatiana Grindenko, Roman Matsov, Neeme Järvi, Eri Klas, Peeter Lilje, and the Borodin Quartet.
[1] According to Svetlanov, Parsadanian's music was the closest any modern Armenian composer had yet come to approaching Komitas.