V.com weekend vote: Have you ever won, or lost, a competition?

V.com weekend vote: Have you ever won, or lost, a competition?

By Laurie Niles: Violin competitions are on my mind, after writing an article earlier this week about the attitudes - both positive and toxic - that can surround competitions in general. When I've spoken to well-known violinists who have won prestigious violin competitions, quite a few of them told me that the road to victory was paved with loss - for example, in a very early interview with Ray Chen, he said, "I have entered many competitions -…