The Singing Ambassador sings …

After all, The Singing Ambassador needs to sing. These videos capture some moments when I used song to support my work. I hope they help to reflect on my relationships with diplomacy, culture, place and the unexpected ways music opens doors where words alone sometimes fail.

This rendition of Muhabbat by Shahidi features in The Singing Ambassador - A Tajik Story, where you learn all about where, why and how it came about.

This next video was one of my earliest attempts to use music diplomatically. Here I am celebrating the 25th anniversary of independence of my hosts to the sound of another Shahidi song Sitorai Man or My Star as it is in English.

Recorded for a special occasion while serving as HM Ambassador, Muhabbat forms part of the narrative behind The Singing Ambassador, where music offered a more direct path to connection than formal diplomacy alone.

Recorded while serving as HM Ambassador to Tajikistan, this performance of Khonai Mo by Ziyodullo Shahidi forms part of the story behind The Singing Ambassador, where music became a means of connection beyond the formal language of diplomacy.