CADENCE Music Centre is a non-for-profit organization founded in October 1995, the primary goal of it being assistance to professional musicians in Armenia, who have found themselves in a completely hopeless situation after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The enterprises financed by the federal budget became insufficient. The private sector, in art and culture particularly, were not yet organized. People, who had got used to being financed from the Government resources, are no good at all in managing themselves independently. The attempts of the musicians to be presented to the World are often held back by financial constraints. 

Activities of the Cadence Music Centre within the period of 1995-2021 could be divided into the following major groups:

• Organization of Cultural and Music Events like International and National Festivals, Competitions, Concerts and Master-classes;
• Organization of Courses in Arts Administration and Artists Management;
• World-wide Promotion of the Leading Armenian Opera and Ballet Companies, Orchestras, Chamber Ensembles, Instrumentalists, Vocalists, Composers, Jazz and Armenian Traditional Music groups performing authentic Armenian music;
• Production of Audio and Video Recordings of Armenian Artists for their promotion internationally;
• Establishment of Museum;
• Membership in International Organizations of Professionals in Music Business and Participation in Major International Professional Meetings of Artists Managers and Music Producers.

Since independence of Republic of Armenia in 1991 first International Music Festivals and National Competitions were established by the Cadence Music Centre. By coincidence in fact the Centre’s founders have started their professional activities in 1991 but only in October 1995 the Cadence Music Centre was registered officially as an organization fully and exclusively dealing with classical music. It was quite logical when in October 2000 the Centre’s director for three years was at position of General Manager of the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra and Aram Khachaturian Hall. Since April 2003 the Cadence Music Centre’s General Director is again Nika Babayan.

Among major music events organized by the Cadence Music Centre have to be mentioned:

• Yerevan International Music Festival – in fact first international festival established in Republic of Armenia. The Festival appeared at its first (1995) and second (1997) editions as “Autumn Serenade” International Chamber Music Festival, and at third (1999) and fourth (2002) editions under the title “Yerevan International Music Festival”;
• Yerevan World Music Festival two editions held in 2000 and 2001;
• Armenian Legacy All-Armenian International Piano Competition two editions held in 1999 and 2001;
• Stephan Elmas National Music Competition three editions held in 1999 (violin, piano), 2000 (chamber ensembles), 2002 (piano) and production of three CDs with recordings of three piano concerts and other major works by Stephan Elmas;
• Chilingirian All-Armenian Competition for Violin, Viola, Cello second edition held in 2001;
• Tribute to Edward Grieg Festival held in 2008;
• Swiss Music Week in Armenia held in 2008;
• Austro-Armenian Music Festival held in 2009 and 2011;
• Armenia Up Close Festival (CULTURAL YEAR OF ARMENIA), 06 December 2009 - 01 December 2010, in partnership with the Cankarjev Dom Performing Arts Centre in Ljubljana, Slovenia;
• Yerevan International Tango Festival held in 2010, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2022, 2023 with participation of composer and accordionist Richard Galliano (France), bandoneonist and composer Marcello Nisinmann (Argentina/Switzerland), conductor Facundo Agudin (Argentina / Switzerland), Terem Quartet (Russia), composer and dandoneonist Walter Rios and singer Mariel Dupetit (Argentina);
• Ballet Festival held in 2013 with four performances of “Spartacus” Ballet of Armenian National Opera and Ballet Theatre given in Qatar 
• Ballet Festival in Armenia four performances by St. Petersburg State Academic Ballet Theatre of Boris Eifman taken place in Armenia in 2013 and 2016
• Tour with 9 performances of the Akhtamar Quartet (Belgium / France) in Atmenia (2021)

Beside the mentioned events within the period of 1995-2022 the Cadence Music Centre has organized numerous concerts and master-classes (legendary violinist Tibor Varga’s and outstanding cellist Steven Isserlis’s classes among them) in Armenia as well as participated in organization of other important music and cultural events as Yerevan International Jazz Festival (1998) and Celebration of the 1700th Anniversary of Christianity in Armenia (2001). 

The Cadence Music Centre has won about ten grants of different international organizations.
Three of the biggest grants provided by the Eurasia Foundation and Open Society Institute in 1999, 2002, 2004 were spent on three one-year Courses of Arts Administration and Management which gave over forty graduates who work sufficiently in different spheres of culture, music and arts institutions in Armenia and abroad. In fact the Cadence was the first organization in Armenia to establish a course in arts administration and management in Armenia.

Among promoted artists of the Cadence Music Centre and its productions division the NAB Productions Ltd. are practically all the leading orchestras, National Opera and Ballet Theatre, choirs, chamber orchestras and ensembles, instrumentalists, vocalists, conductors, as well as jazz and Armenian traditional music groups. 
The Cadence and NAB have produced over 160 CDs and DVDs of various performers promoting best Armenian artists internationally. 
Over 1500 concerts of Armenian orchestras, ensembles, instrumentalists and vocalists were organized abroad. Nearly 1200 concerts of Armenian and foreign performers were organized in Yerevan and different parts of Armenia.
Among global international projects of the Cadence are since July 2000 all recording and live concert projects of most famous Lebanese singer Fairuz who is indisputable idol for the Arabic world, and close collaboration with Lebanese composer Ziad Rahbani whose fame and influence especially among young Arabs is immeasurable and unconditional.
The Cadence Music Centre is member of the ISPA (International Society for the Performing Arts Foundation, based in New York) and IAMA (International Artists Managers Association, based in London) since 1996.
It participated in over thirty international conferences and professional meetings of artists’ managers and producers taken place in Europe, Asia, America and Australia. 
In the period of 2003-2007 Mr.Nika Babayan was member of the Board of Directors of the ISPA.