11-Year-Old Matilda to Share the Stage with Lithuania’s Biggest Names at “For Children” Concert

At 11, Matilda Kubiliūtė is preparing for a role very different from her earlier connection with Childline. She will host the organization’s “For Children” benefit concert in Vilnius’ Town Hall Square, sharing a live stage with some of Lithuania’s best-known performers.

Matilda’s first appearance connected to Childline came when she was only two. She filmed a social campaign video with her brothers, Simonas and Titas, alongside Merūnas, Vilija Mataičiūnaitė, Donatas Montvydas and other prominent Lithuanian figures. This time, there will be no camera between her and the audience: she will deliver the event on a major stage and work alongside fellow hosts Akvilė Knyguolis, Rolandas Mackevičius and Eglė Jurgaitytė.

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Perhaps it will sound immodest, but today our family truly feels like a dream team. We are happy that we can create such an important benefit concert for Childline.

The connection runs through the whole Kubilius family. Matilda’s mother, Laura Paukštė, volunteered with Childline for five years and trained other volunteers. Her father, Dominykas Kubilius, has helped create several of the organization’s social campaigns. The couple, who run the event production company Tym Drym, are also producing the concert.

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What makes me happiest is the thought that I will be able to speak on a large stage and many people will hear me. The hardest part is probably fitting everything in while preparing for the event, going to school and attending activities.

“Perhaps it will sound immodest, but today our family truly feels like a dream team. We are happy that we can create such an important benefit concert for Childline,” Dominykas Kubilius said.

Matilda has been learning her lines, choosing her outfit with her mother and meeting the other presenters while balancing preparations with school and extracurricular activities. She said the greatest excitement comes from speaking on a large stage where many people can hear her. She is also looking forward to meeting Lemon Joy, whose concert she recently attended with her mother, and YouTuber Akvilė Knyguolis, whom she described as “very beautiful, cool and kind-hearted.”

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I do not want to tell them because if friends tell me something privately, I cannot tell it to others. Sometimes difficult stories bring tears to my eyes, but I try to listen to my friends and comfort them.

Childline’s work is familiar to Matilda beyond public events. She said classmates sometimes tell her stories they find difficult to share with parents or friends. She keeps those confidences private, listens and tries to comfort them. When she feels sad or worried, she turns to her parents, saying that talking about what troubles her makes things much easier.

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Sometimes it is hard to tell someone because you do not know how the other person will react. But after I talk about it, I feel much better.