The competition takes place at the Royal Danish Academy of Music. In the first round every Lied-Duo will appear with a 20-minute program (repertory A). This round must include at least five minutes with a Lied in Danish.

In the second round, the semifinals, there is a maximum of eight performing duos, and the program (repertoire B) has for each Duo a length of 30 minutes. This round must also contain a minimum of five minutes with Danish language Lied.

In the final, it is expected that there are four participating duos, all of which will receive an award. The program here has a length of 20 minutes. This program may contain up to 10 minutes of music from the first round (repertory A) supplemented by an additional 10 minutes of new repertoire. And in the finale it is required a minimum of five minutes performance of a Lied in Danish.

All contest participants disclaims copyright to their action. Parts of the competition will therefore be transmitted on radio and television, posted on the web or added to (not commercial) recording.

The age limit for each of the performers in the duo is 35 years on the first competition day. It costs no fee to sign up for the competition. However, the selected duos must pay a fee of DKK 800 when they are invited to participate. This amount will not be refunded.

A pre-jury will select 12 duos from the submitted sound recordings. These 12 duos are then invited to enter the competition.

The pre-jury also has the opportunity to select additionally 3 duos who are invited to the competition – in the case of withdrawal from the preliminarily selected. 

The recording submitted must include one to four Lieder and last max. 20 minutes. In case you do not have a recording as a duo, each of you can upload a recording. However, these individual recordings must also be of Lied repertoire.