On May 8, 2015 the General Assembly of the World Federation of International Music Competitions was held in Italy.

The event, the most important event of the organization which counts 115 members on 6 continents, will be held in Yerevan next year.

This year’s competition was significant regarding the Aram Khachaturian International Competition in two ways.

Firstly, according to the unanimous decision of all the members of the meeting, in 2016 the specialties of the Aram Khachaturian International Competition will be added by a new one, the “conducting” (until now the contest was held on the piano, violin, cello

The Aram Khachaturian International Competition was admitted as a new member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions in 2013, thus becoming the first Armenian member ever joining this more than prestigious musical family.

It should be noted that the Aram Khachaturian International Competition is organized by "Aram Khachaturian" Cultural Foundation, Ministry of Culture and Yerevan State Conservatory.