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https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2023/01/19/Nobuyuki-Tsujii-Piano-0800PM
Looking Back: May 2019 Recital
Last time Nobu graced the Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage was on May 10 2019.
He was a last-minute substitute for eminent pianist Murray Perahia. I and fellow Nobu fan Linda K. bought tickets in haste, and wasn't sure what to expect.
But Carnegie Hall was packed on that spring evening, and the bravos and standing ovations for Nobuyuki Tsujii were, as Nobu's management team put it, "like nothing they had experienced".
Image below: Concert poster outside of Carnegie Hall. 
Image below: People taking photos of the concert poster as the audience started to stream into Carnegie Hall.
Image below: Nobu, taking a bow on the Perelman Stage
Image below: Nobu closes the piano lid after 4 thrilling encores.
Here is the 2019 recital program.
https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2019/05/10/Nobuyuki-Tsujii-Piano-0800PM
SATIE Gymnopédies
DEBUSSY Images, Book I
RAVEL Sonatine
CHOPIN Scherzo No. 1
CHOPIN Scherzo No. 2
CHOPIN Scherzo No. 3
CHOPIN Scherzo No. 4
The four encores performed are "Debussy: Moonlight", "Kapustin: Etude No. 1", "A tribute to Jenny"[Nobu's own], & "Chopin: Revolution".
Nobu's team even took him to see the 'Lion King' on Broadway the next day, according to the official concert report
Derailed by the Pandemic
Alas, the COVID pandemic intervened. Carnegie Hall shuttered it doors and canceled its entire seasons through July 2021. Furthermore, the government of Japan imposed prohibitive travel restrictions that made it extremely challenging for Nobu to perform overseas.
Image: 2020 Carnegie Hall cancellation posting,
It wasn't until in late 2021 that Nobu was seen again outside of Japan on European stages, including a Beethoven-Liszt-Chopin recitalin Paris in November.
In April 2022, Carnegie Hall announced its 2022-23 season, and, much to my delight, Nobu has not been forgotten.
The January 2023 Recital
In the words of Carnegie Hall:The Program
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2, "Moonlight"
LISZT Consolation No. 2 in E Major << NEW to Nobu's repertoire
LISZT Venezia e Napoli << NEW to Nobu's repertoire
RAVEL Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn << NEW to Nobu's repertoire
RAVEL Pavane pour une infante défunte
RAVEL Jeux d'eau
KAPUSTIN Eight Concert Etudes, Op. 40
This is the same program that he performed in Spain and U.K. last October, earning great acclaims, including rave reviews by two London's major newspapers.
From Ivan Hewitt of the Telegraph:
Every piece showed an astounding delicacy and variety of touch, and real musical insight
Liszt’s tenderly intimate Consolation no 2 and the pieces evoking Venice and Naples ... the soul of the music really was drawn out, suggesting that Tsujii needs the stimulus of properly virtuoso piano music to set his imagination alight. The Gondolier’s Song had a lovely nostalgic swaying quality, and the final whirling tarantella built to an irresistibly wild as well as note-perfect finale.
From Michael Church of the Independent:
"The music of the Ukrainian composer Nikolai Kapustin is only beginning to percolate through to the West, and Tsujii gave a stunning performance of his Eight Concert Studies. The way he played them felt like an amalgam of the studies by Chopin plus their elaborations by Leopold Godowsky, with an added injection of swing. Torrents of notes at whirlwind speed: Art Tatum would have approved.
This program is also similar to one that Nobu has also been performing on his nationwide Japan tour launched on December 8; the audience response has been tremendous.
Ticket Sales
My understanding is that in general, the concert/theater business in New York City has not returned to its pre-COVID full strength. January is also not a choice month for tourists. Last time I looked, many tickets are still available for this recital, although choice seats have long been claimed. It is noteworthy that Carnegie Hall has continued its tradition of offering $10 Same-Day Rush Ticket that I believe many students and locals take advantage of
I have a good seat in the balcony. If the weather and my health cooperate, I plan to be there.Here is our best wishes to Tsujii-san for another great success at Carnegie Hall