Annotating scores is a good way to understand what you're playing and to remember techniques or way that make a piece more simpler. I also think annotating scores allows musicians to develop their knowledge of music as a whole and understand different emotions or stories conveyed in pieces by the composer.
Many teachers use annotations to help students learn pieces. For example with the violin (same with most instruments), the teacher may mark fingerings on the scores as a way for students to know where they should be, on the fingerboard. It also helps some children when stickers are placed on certain places of the fingerboard - on a violin I think the amount of stickers usually depend on your grade and how far you would need to go up the fingerboard.
As part of my skills development I have also been trying to learn some harder pieces such as concertos and sonatas. I think getting a professional's point of view on a piece is quite interesting, as there's a good chance they've played a large number of pieces. One of my favourite violinists to learn from is Ray Chen. His YouTube channel contains a number of videos including performances and masterclasses. However, more recently he has begun live - streaming and annotating scores that he has performed in the past, to allow others, worldwide, to learn from his technique.
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